On 21st and 22nd September 2016,the Confucius Institute attended Serendipity, the annual Students' Union Clubsand Societies Fair held in Bangor University’s Pritchard-Jones Hall.
Thousands of students attended the two-day event,which aims to introduce new students to the University, and the ConfuciusInstitute’s elaborately decorated stand attracted a great deal of attention –especially the Chinese sweets and fortune cookies! The CI teachers dressed intraditional Chinese clothes and provided demonstrations of calligraphy whilsttalking to students about the CI’s work and upcoming events such as the ChineseFilm Weekend.
Serendipity provides a fantastic opportunity for theCI to promote Chinese language and culture, and it is also a good place to meetpeople face-to-face and gain support from Chinese and foreign students who wishto be volunteers for the CI.
Altogether, contact details for over 150 students were collected; a significantaddition to the CI’s mailing list and also a great many new friends to inviteto our new Student Chinese Club, which will begin at the end of October.
