“趣巴西”文化課堂中國首站重慶

賀煜 唐安冰

Chongqing， the first stop of "Origins of Brazil" Cultural Class in China

10月25日，由巴西駐華大使館與聯合國教科文組織北京辦事處合作的“趣巴西”文化交流活動分別在重慶市人民小學和渝中區德精小學舉行。巴西駐華大使館文化處主管柯麗莎為學生們帶來了妙趣橫生的“趣巴西”文化小課堂，分享項目內容和內涵豐富的巴西文化。

柯麗莎介紹，巴西駐華大使館高度重視同中國的民間交流。2019年，使館在中國20多個城市舉辦了200多次巴西文化活動。但受新冠肺炎疫情影響，2020年中巴之間的藝術家交流幾乎無法實現。因此，巴西駐華大使館重新考慮如何促進雙邊交流，“趣巴西”項目應運而生，旨在促進中巴之間的文明對話，加深友誼交流。該項目共分為四部分，涵蓋設計比賽、出版童書、課程、繪畫比賽。

第一階段，巴西駐華大使館與清華大學合作開展了設計比賽，讓學生們設計整個項目的視覺以及童書出版背景。第二階段，是把設計比賽的優秀作品制成一本童書，現已進入出版流程，預計將于明年1月出版。第三個部分，則是從重慶市人民小學開始，在中國各城市的小學開展一系列介紹巴西的文化小課堂。各地的小學生還將受邀參加項目第四個階段的繪畫比賽。

“巴西和中國在貿易、政治等方面已有非常深入的交流，但對彼此的文化仍缺乏了解，所以文化小課堂是整個項目最重要的部分，我們要深入民間，深入小朋友當中，讓他們知道更多關于巴西有趣的信息。”柯麗莎說，人民小學是“趣巴西”項目走進中國小學的第一站，這是重慶非常優秀的學校，將是“趣巴西”項目的良好開端。

柯麗莎談到，“趣巴西”項目是巴西文化項目2021—2022最重要的一個，首站選擇重慶，不僅因為與重慶市友誼深厚，也因為重慶是在政治、經濟、教育等方面表現突出的城市。明年將迎來巴西獨立200周年，希望通過“趣巴西”項目向中國的朋友們介紹關于巴西的文化、歷史、地理方面的小知識。

在人民小學和德精小學的“趣巴西”文化課堂上，柯麗莎聲情并茂地介紹巴西的歷史、語言、生態、體育等方方面面，帶領學生走進巴西世界，感受南美風情，用有趣的方式認識巴西風貌，了解巴西文化，感受奇幻的巴西之旅。活動最后，柯麗莎還向學生們發出繪畫比賽邀請，鼓勵學生向巴西駐華大使館提交有關巴西的繪畫，在比賽中獲勝的學生，將有機會到巴西駐華大使館領獎。

在這兩所小學，“趣巴西”項目組一行，觀看了精彩的文藝表演，并深入了解孩子們在社團中的學習，參與體驗了古箏、中國畫、書法、舞龍等中國傳統文化。

人民小學是重慶市第一所成立國際部的小學，在歐洲、美洲和亞洲多地開展過豐富的國際交流活動。該校副校長劉永紅表示，“趣巴西”活動走進人民小學，是“民心相通”的體現。此次活動不僅能促進中國兒童對巴西歷史、地理和文化的了解，更重要的是，在孩子們心中播種中巴友誼的種子，構筑中巴兩國交流的橋梁，傳遞相互尊重、和諧共處的文化價值觀。

德精小學校長王衛表示，通過此次活動，將為孩子們打開一扇瞭望世界的窗戶，大家通過了解不同的文化背景，理解不同的文化差異，會更加深刻領會習近平人類命運共同體思想的深刻內涵與時代價值。

On October 25， the Project “Origins of Brazil”， a collaboration between the Embassy of Brazil in China and UNESCO Beijing， was launched in Chongqing Renmin Primary School and Yuzhong District Dejing Primary School. Larrisa Costa， head of the Cultural Section of the Embassy of the Federative Republic of Brazil brings students a fun "Origins of Brazil" Cultural Class to share the project content and rich Brazilian culture.

According to Larrisa Costa， the Embassy of Brazil in China attaches great importance to people-to-people exchanges with China. In 2019， the Embassy organized over 200 Brazilian cultural events in 20-plus cities in China. However， due to the COVID-19 epidemic， the exchange of artists between Brazil and China was almost impossible in 2020. The Embassy of Brazil in China， therefore， began to reconsider how to promote bilateral exchanges， and the Project “Origins of Brazil” was born to promote dialogue between civilizations and deepen amity and exchanges between China and Brazil. The project is divided into four parts： a design competition， a publication of a children's book， a curriculum， and a painting competition.

According to Larrisa Costa， in the first phase， the Embassy of Brazil in China collaborated with Tsinghua University， launched a design competition seeking inspirational illustrations that could be used in the childrens book. In the second phase， the winning designs from the competition will be made into a childrens book， which has entered the publishing process and is expected to be published in January 2022. The third phase of the project begins with a series of small cultural classes to introduce Brazilian culture in primary schools in China， starting with the Chongqing Renmin Primary School. Primary school students from all over the country will also be invited to participate in the painting competition in the fourth phase of the project.

“Brazil and China have had in-depth exchanges in trade and politics， but they still know little about each other's culture， so the small cultural classes are the most important part of the Project “Origins of Brazil”. We want to reach out to the society and children， and let them know more interesting information about Brazil.” Larissa Costa said that as the first stop of the Project “Origins of Brazil” in Chinese elementary schools， the Chongqing Renmin Primary School is an outstanding school in Chongqing and will be a good start for the Project “Origins of Brazil”.

Larrisa Costa said that the Project “Origins of Brazil” is the most important one of Brazil's cultural projects from 2021 to 2022. It chooses Chongqing as its first stop， not only because Brazil enjoys deep amity with Chongqing， but also because Chongqing is a city with prominent performance in politics， economy， and education. Next year marks the 200th anniversary of Brazilian Independence. She， therefore， hopes to introduce some tips about Brazils culture， history， and geography to Chinese friends through the Project “Origins of Brazil”.

In the “Origins of Brazil” cultural classes of Chongqing Renmin Primary School and Dejing Primary School， Larrisa Costa affectionately introduced Brazil's history， language， ecology， sports， and other aspects， led the students into the Brazilian world to experience the customs of South America， understand Brazils style and features in an interesting way and Brazils culture， as well as enjoy a fantastic journey to Brazil. At the end of the event， Larrisa Costa also invited the students to participate in the painting competition and encouraged them to submit paintings about Brazil to the Embassy of Brazil in China. The students who win the competition will have the opportunity to receive the award from the Embassy of Brazil in China.

In these two primary schools， the Project “Origins of Brazil” team watched splendid art performances， deeply learned about children's study in the community， and participated in and experienced Chinese traditional culture such as Guzheng， Chinese painting， calligraphy， and dragon dance.

As the first primary school in Chongqing established an international department， Chongqing Renmin Primary School has unfolded plenty of international exchange events in Europe， America， and Asia. Liu Yonghong， vice principal of Chongqing Renmin Primary School， said that the Project “Origins of Brazil” launched in Chongqing Renmin Primary School showcases great "people-to-people exchanges". It is believed that the event will not only promote Chinese childrens understanding of Brazil's history， geography， and culture， but more importantly， plant the seeds of China-Brazil amity in the childrens mind， build a communication bridge between these two countries， and transmit the cultural values of mutual respect and harmonious coexistence.

According to Wang Wei， principal of Dejing Primary School， this event has opened a window for the children to see the world， helped them understand the various cultural difference via learning different cultural background， thus they could understand the profound connotation and epoch values of Xi Jinping's vision on a community with a shared future for mankind.