We received our systematic education of Chinese minorities in Xishuangbanna Nationality Museum:
The Largest Monastery in Xishuangbanna
Wild Elephant Valley
China’s First Elephant School
Pateng: Climbing the Vine
China’s Largest Botanical Garden
Ziqin: The School Queen
“Twelve” “Thousand Pieces of Land”
We arrived at Jinghong, the capital of Sipsong Panna midnight, August 27, 2015. As the local guide Li Yuanyuan explained, Sipsong Panna, i.e., Xishuang banna, meant "twelve" and "thousand pieces of land" in the Dai language – “Xishuang” was “twelve”, and “banna” was “thousand pieces of land.” “Xishuang banna” indicates the twelve major ethnic groups who originally lived in this Southwest border area of China.
In the past two days, we visited China's largest botanical garden, the giant Buddhist temple, the Wild Elephant Valley, the large ethnic museum, and ate lots of tropical fruits. More pictures will be posted soon.
We just arrived at Lijiang in the midnight again, and will leave after a few hours in the early morning (August 30) for Tibetan area. We are blessed and happy...
Thank You, BNU & Our Teachers!
On behalf of us, Xing laoshi expressed our sincere thanks - Thank You, BNU and Thank You, our teachers!
Second Year Chinese teacher Prof. Bu would like us to continue to improve day by day:
Third Year Chinese teacher Prof. Sun kindly commented on various aspects of our study and future:
Our 帅哥 presented a gift to Zhu laoshi:
Our 美女 also presented a gift to Pan laoshi:
Four of our 美女 presented wonderful gifts to our teachers:
Four of our 帅哥 composed and performed an amazing song of 谢谢老师、师恩难忘:
Thank you, thank you, and thank you! The teachers also love the thoughtful gifts very much!
We are leaving for Yunnan, Tibet and Sichuan early Thursday afternoon, August 27, 2015!
Completion Ceremony
Director Ai Xin of the foreign affairs at BNU spoke at the completion ceremony:
Associate Dean Sheng Shuangxia of the College of Chinese Language and Culture also congratulated on our completion of the Dartmouth summer program:
We all received our Completion Certificates signed by the BNU President Dong Qi:
邓习乐 and 葛苗苗 have arrived in the US safely. We miss you, as well as our 帅哥郑贤俊...