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the 2024 "roots-seeking" summer camp in tongling, anhui opened on august 6th, bringing together 27 young overseas chinese from thailand, canada, and other countries to experience the charm of traditional chinese culture up close. the camp, lasting for 10 days, offers these youngsters the opportunity to visit the tongling museum, engage in copper culture classes, and handmade copperplate etching; they will also participate in activities such as identifying copper ore. wu youzhen, a camp participant from thailand, mentioned that this summer camp is not only a learning opportunity but also an excellent journey to gain a deeper understanding of chinese history and culture. "although we come from different countries, i believe that through our shared experiences and interactions in this summer camp, we will forge deep friendships." yao li, the leader from canada, told reporters that the children are full of anticipation for the trip to the ancient copper capital and hope to experience the copper culture up close. "we hope everyone will take back what they have seen and heard in tongling to their home countries, serving as friendly ambassadors for exchanges between their home countries and anhui, so that the traditional chinese culture can be passed on from generation to generation and flourish overseas." li shiyun, chairman of the overseas chinese federation of anhui province, introduced that since 2020, the federation has actively organized 17 sessions of the "qin qing zhong hua·tell you stories" online summer (spring, winter) camp activities, with over 3,700 young overseas chinese participants from nearly twenty countries and regions including thailand, ireland, and australia learning chinese language and culture through online platforms; and held 4 sessions of offline summer (winter) camps, inviting more than 100 overseas chinese youths to anhui to participate in the "roots-seeking" summer (winter) camp activities.
source: www.chinaqw.com
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