10 August 2018 - On 09 August 2018, Embassy welcomed a delegation from the "Little Chinese Digital Culture Ambassador", under its program "Ni Hao, Philippines". The delegation composed of 64 students ages 8 to 15 years old from Hebei and Chengdu provinces and Beijing.
Group Photo of the "Little Chinese Digital Culture Ambassadors" participants holding Philippine flags they colored.
The visit of the "Little Chinese Digital Culture Ambassador", was organized by the Embassy Business and Culture Center. The center launched the Belt and Road "Digital Future Leaders" program in 2016, and have organized visits to different embassies in China. This is the second visit of the "Little Chinese Digital Culture Ambassador" to the Philippine Embassy.
The Embassy's Cultural Section gave a presentation on basic information on the Philippines and taught the children basic Filipino sentences. In view of the National History Month, the Embassy gave a brief presentation about the Philippine flag and some Filipino heroes. The students were given an opportunity to view the "Colours of Freedom: The Philippine Flag" exhibit and Project Saysay portraits and make their own Philippine flag using plain Philippine flag templates and crayons.
The students coloring Philippine flags.
The students, in turn, showcased aspects of the Chinese culture through performances such as playing of instruments and dancing. The performances were followed by an exchange of gifts - the students presented handmade gifts while the Embassy distributed tourism bags with Oishi snacks.
Performance of students(Top 3 photos); gifts presented by the Students (lower photo)
The students were treated to snacks of egg sandwich, potato wedges and biko, courtesy of the Office of the Tourism Attaché. END.
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