Professor Zhu Shoutong Served as the Online Assessor of the First “Celebrating Traditional Chinese Culture” Project

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On May 4, 2022, Professor Zhu Shoutong, Director of the Center for Chinese History and Culture (CCHC) of the University of Macau, was invited to participate in the online assessment of the first “Celebrating Traditional Chinese Culture” project. The project is hosted by the Organizing Committee of the China Education Innovation Achievements Welfare Exposition and the China Education Innovation Research Institute of Beijing Normal University, attracting the active participation of more than 2,000 students from universities, middle and primary schools from more than 20 provinces (cities and districts) across the country. By focusing on the theme of “Celebrating Traditional Chinese Culture”, the activity carried out innovative practice of Chinese excellent traditional culture education pointing to core literacy, with cultural understanding and inheritance literacy as the core, focusing on students’ critical thinking literacy, innovation literacy, communication literacy and cooperation literacy , to guide teachers and students to establish a correct view of history, country, and culture, stick to the position of Chinese culture, strengthen cultural self-confidence, enhance cultural awareness, and enhance cultural responsibility.

CCHC visited Macao Lou Hau High School

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Dr. CHEANG Neng Ian, deputy director of the Centre for Chinese History and Culture (CCHC), University of Macau, Ms. KUAN Sio In, Principal Admin Officer, and Ms. HO Sok Fong, Admin Staff, visited the Lou Hau High School on Tuesday, May 3, 2022.

The visiting activity was warmly received by Principal Zheng JieZhao, Ms. Lei, Head of Chinese Language Department of the School, and Mr. Wong, Head of History Department of the School. Firstly, Dr. CHEANG introduced the purpose and intention of the establishment of the Macao Base for Primary & Secondary Education in Humanities & Social Science and the CCHC, as well as a series of activities such as academic forums, lectures by famous teachers and famous schools, and art exhibitions held in the past. Afterwards, the two sides had an interactive dialogue. Principal Zheng mentioned that in the future, he would encourage students to contribute more articles to the Macao Teenager’s Newspaper, so as to cultivate their interest in writing; while Ms. KUAN also promoted the cultural exchange group of CCHC to Principal Zheng, which enables students feel the beauty of Chinese culture.

In the end, both sides expressed their support for future cooperation and hoped to join hands to strive for more cooperation space and opportunities in the subject of literature and history.

CCHC Visited Escola Secundária Técnico-Profissional da Federação das Associações dos Operários de Macau

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On the morning of April 21, 2022 (Thursday), Dr. CHEANG Neng Ian, Deputy Director of the Centre for Chinese History and Culture of the University of Macau, Ms. KUAN Sio In, Principal Admin Officer, and Ms. HO Sok Fong, Admin Staff, and other centre members visited the Escola Secundária Técnico-Profissional da Federação das Associações dos Operários de Macau.

Under the warm reception of Principal LOI Kat Sat and Director WONG Kuong Lun of the Escola Secundária Técnico-Profissional da Federação das Associações dos Operários de Macau, Dr. CHEANG Neng Ian, Deputy Director of CCHC, first briefly introduced the concepts, resources, facilities and previous activities of Macao Base for Primary & Secondary Education in Humanities & Social Science and CCHC. Afterwards, Principal Loi elaborated on the school running and educational purpose of the school. He also pointed out that since the education of the senior high school focuses on science and technology, he hopes that through the cooperation with the base, the students of the school will have a deeper understanding and identification of Chinese traditional culture.

The two sides had a pleasant conversation and discussed the future direction of cooperation. Finally, CCHC presented a silk banner to Escola Secundária Técnico-Profissional da Federação das Associações dos Operários de Macau and other centre’s publications such as the “Macao Teenager’s Newspaper”.

The entrance of Escola Secundária Técnico-Profissional da Federação das Associações dos Operários de Macau

CCHC presented a pennant to Escola Secundária Técnico-Profissional da Federação das Associações dos Operários de Macau

Principal Admin Officer of CCHC KUAN Sio In (first from left), Deputy Director CHEANG Neng Ian of CCHC (second from left), Principal LOI Kat Sat (second from right) and Director WONG Kuong Lun (first from right) exchanged views on future cooperation.

Principal LOI Kat Sat (first from left) and Director WONG Kuong Lun (first from right)

CCHC staff visited the Escola

A Complete Success of “Literary, History and Geography Quiz Competition”

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On April 30, 2022, the “Literary, History and Geography Quiz Competition” co-organized by the Macao Base for Primary & Secondary Education in Humanities & Social Science, Colégio Diocesano de São José, Cinta Escola and the Centre for Chinese History and Culture of the University of Macau was successfully held at CDSJ5 school hall. Prof. ZHU Shoutong, Director of CCHC, and Dr. CHEANG Neng Ian, deputy director, came to watch the competition and served as judges.

Before the start of the competition, Principal WONG Kin Man of CDSJ5 had a cordial conversation with Prof. Zhu and Dr. Cheang. Prof. Zhu presented Principal WONG with souvenirs from CCHC, including the bound edition of the “Macao Teenager’s Newspaper” edited by centre and the centre’s flag, and took a group photo. Afterwards, Principal WONG also introduced the situation of CDSJ5 to the teachers of CCHC. CDSJ5 is a traditional Catholic school with a history of nearly 90 years. The school facilities are complete, the school spirit is rigorous, and the school discipline is strict. At the same time, it has the educational concept of balanced development in education based on the spirit of the Catholic doctrine of “faith, hope, and love”, and combined with the essence of traditional Chinese culture to help students in spiritual, moral, intellectual, physical, social, and aesthetics.

First, the participating students prayed with the teachers and students who watched the competition, and then Professor Zhu delivered a guest speech. Professor Zhu introduced the work of CCHC and expressed the hope to strengthen cooperation and exchanges with CDSJ5 to jointly build the Macao’s characteristic culture that “the Central Plains Culture is the mainstream, and the multiculturalism coexists”. At nine o’clock, the contest officially started. Six teams composed of high school freshmen and sophomore students entered the finals and started the final peak showdown. The competition is novel and diverse, divided into compulsory questions, situational questions and quick response questions. The topics of the competition across time and boundaries, which are rich and colorful, involving astronomy, geography, history, literature and other aspects. At the scene of the competition, each participating team showed strong on-the-spot reaction ability and rich knowledge reserve. The accuracy of the answers was extremely high, and it was hard to decide on the winner. In the end, the championship, runner-up and third runner-up were determined through extra play. President WONG, Professor Zhu and other guests presented awards to the winning teams.

In his speech, Principal WONG thanked CCHC for its strong support for this event, and affirmed the significance of this event in promoting Chinese history and culture. The event achieved results that exceeded expectations and was a complete success.

Through this activity, the teachers and students of CDSJ5 have gained a lot. This competition not only aroused the students’ enthusiasm for learning and stimulated their interest in knowledge of literature, history and geography, but also allowed them to better understand their hometown, motherland and the whole world in a subtle way, so as to laid a solid foundation to truly become high-quality talents that loves Macao and the country in an all-round way.

  Prof. ZHU presented souvenirs to Principal WONG

Teachers and students prayed before the competition

Prof. ZHU Shoutong gave a speech

Principal WONG gave a speech

Group photo of Prof. ZHU, Principal WONG, other judges and award-winning students