The Sirindthorn Chinese Language and Culture Centre, the Confucius Institute at MFU and the Chinese Education and Culture Association in the Chiang Rai province cooperated to hold “the Chinese Dragon Boat Festival 2017” on 30 May 2017. This activity aimed to celebrate one of the traditional festival in China and also promote Chinese language and culture for the general public and those who are studying the Chinese language.
There was a variety of activities provided for participants including dragon boat crafts contest, poetry recitation competition, sticky rice dumplings wrapping, quiz contest on Dragon Boat Festival and traditional performances by representatives from schools in the Chiang Rai province. Overall, this celebration helped participants learn about and understand Chinese culture, beliefs, history and people’s way of life.
