“趣巴西”文化课堂中国首站重庆

贺煜 唐安冰

Chongqing， the first stop of "Origins of Brazil" Cultural Class in China

10月25日，由巴西駐华大使馆与联合国教科文组织北京办事处合作的“趣巴西”文化交流活动分别在重庆市人民小学和渝中区德精小学举行。巴西驻华大使馆文化处主管柯丽莎为学生们带来了妙趣横生的“趣巴西”文化小课堂，分享项目内容和内涵丰富的巴西文化。

柯丽莎介绍，巴西驻华大使馆高度重视同中国的民间交流。2019年，使馆在中国20多个城市举办了200多次巴西文化活动。但受新冠肺炎疫情影响，2020年中巴之间的艺术家交流几乎无法实现。因此，巴西驻华大使馆重新考虑如何促进双边交流，“趣巴西”项目应运而生，旨在促进中巴之间的文明对话，加深友谊交流。该项目共分为四部分，涵盖设计比赛、出版童书、课程、绘画比赛。

第一阶段，巴西驻华大使馆与清华大学合作开展了设计比赛，让学生们设计整个项目的视觉以及童书出版背景。第二阶段，是把设计比赛的优秀作品制成一本童书，现已进入出版流程，预计将于明年1月出版。第三个部分，则是从重庆市人民小学开始，在中国各城市的小学开展一系列介绍巴西的文化小课堂。各地的小学生还将受邀参加项目第四个阶段的绘画比赛。

“巴西和中国在贸易、政治等方面已有非常深入的交流，但对彼此的文化仍缺乏了解，所以文化小课堂是整个项目最重要的部分，我们要深入民间，深入小朋友当中，让他们知道更多关于巴西有趣的信息。”柯丽莎说，人民小学是“趣巴西”项目走进中国小学的第一站，这是重庆非常优秀的学校，将是“趣巴西”项目的良好开端。

柯丽莎谈到，“趣巴西”项目是巴西文化项目2021—2022最重要的一个，首站选择重庆，不仅因为与重庆市友谊深厚，也因为重庆是在政治、经济、教育等方面表现突出的城市。明年将迎来巴西独立200周年，希望通过“趣巴西”项目向中国的朋友们介绍关于巴西的文化、历史、地理方面的小知识。

在人民小学和德精小学的“趣巴西”文化课堂上，柯丽莎声情并茂地介绍巴西的历史、语言、生态、体育等方方面面，带领学生走进巴西世界，感受南美风情，用有趣的方式认识巴西风貌，了解巴西文化，感受奇幻的巴西之旅。活动最后，柯丽莎还向学生们发出绘画比赛邀请，鼓励学生向巴西驻华大使馆提交有关巴西的绘画，在比赛中获胜的学生，将有机会到巴西驻华大使馆领奖。

在这两所小学，“趣巴西”项目组一行，观看了精彩的文艺表演，并深入了解孩子们在社团中的学习，参与体验了古筝、中国画、书法、舞龙等中国传统文化。

人民小学是重庆市第一所成立国际部的小学，在欧洲、美洲和亚洲多地开展过丰富的国际交流活动。该校副校长刘永红表示，“趣巴西”活动走进人民小学，是“民心相通”的体现。此次活动不仅能促进中国儿童对巴西历史、地理和文化的了解，更重要的是，在孩子们心中播种中巴友谊的种子，构筑中巴两国交流的桥梁，传递相互尊重、和谐共处的文化价值观。

德精小学校长王卫表示，通过此次活动，将为孩子们打开一扇瞭望世界的窗户，大家通过了解不同的文化背景，理解不同的文化差异，会更加深刻领会习近平人类命运共同体思想的深刻内涵与时代价值。

On October 25， the Project “Origins of Brazil”， a collaboration between the Embassy of Brazil in China and UNESCO Beijing， was launched in Chongqing Renmin Primary School and Yuzhong District Dejing Primary School. Larrisa Costa， head of the Cultural Section of the Embassy of the Federative Republic of Brazil brings students a fun "Origins of Brazil" Cultural Class to share the project content and rich Brazilian culture.

According to Larrisa Costa， the Embassy of Brazil in China attaches great importance to people-to-people exchanges with China. In 2019， the Embassy organized over 200 Brazilian cultural events in 20-plus cities in China. However， due to the COVID-19 epidemic， the exchange of artists between Brazil and China was almost impossible in 2020. The Embassy of Brazil in China， therefore， began to reconsider how to promote bilateral exchanges， and the Project “Origins of Brazil” was born to promote dialogue between civilizations and deepen amity and exchanges between China and Brazil. The project is divided into four parts： a design competition， a publication of a children's book， a curriculum， and a painting competition.

According to Larrisa Costa， in the first phase， the Embassy of Brazil in China collaborated with Tsinghua University， launched a design competition seeking inspirational illustrations that could be used in the childrens book. In the second phase， the winning designs from the competition will be made into a childrens book， which has entered the publishing process and is expected to be published in January 2022. The third phase of the project begins with a series of small cultural classes to introduce Brazilian culture in primary schools in China， starting with the Chongqing Renmin Primary School. Primary school students from all over the country will also be invited to participate in the painting competition in the fourth phase of the project.

“Brazil and China have had in-depth exchanges in trade and politics， but they still know little about each other's culture， so the small cultural classes are the most important part of the Project “Origins of Brazil”. We want to reach out to the society and children， and let them know more interesting information about Brazil.” Larissa Costa said that as the first stop of the Project “Origins of Brazil” in Chinese elementary schools， the Chongqing Renmin Primary School is an outstanding school in Chongqing and will be a good start for the Project “Origins of Brazil”.

Larrisa Costa said that the Project “Origins of Brazil” is the most important one of Brazil's cultural projects from 2021 to 2022. It chooses Chongqing as its first stop， not only because Brazil enjoys deep amity with Chongqing， but also because Chongqing is a city with prominent performance in politics， economy， and education. Next year marks the 200th anniversary of Brazilian Independence. She， therefore， hopes to introduce some tips about Brazils culture， history， and geography to Chinese friends through the Project “Origins of Brazil”.

In the “Origins of Brazil” cultural classes of Chongqing Renmin Primary School and Dejing Primary School， Larrisa Costa affectionately introduced Brazil's history， language， ecology， sports， and other aspects， led the students into the Brazilian world to experience the customs of South America， understand Brazils style and features in an interesting way and Brazils culture， as well as enjoy a fantastic journey to Brazil. At the end of the event， Larrisa Costa also invited the students to participate in the painting competition and encouraged them to submit paintings about Brazil to the Embassy of Brazil in China. The students who win the competition will have the opportunity to receive the award from the Embassy of Brazil in China.

In these two primary schools， the Project “Origins of Brazil” team watched splendid art performances， deeply learned about children's study in the community， and participated in and experienced Chinese traditional culture such as Guzheng， Chinese painting， calligraphy， and dragon dance.

As the first primary school in Chongqing established an international department， Chongqing Renmin Primary School has unfolded plenty of international exchange events in Europe， America， and Asia. Liu Yonghong， vice principal of Chongqing Renmin Primary School， said that the Project “Origins of Brazil” launched in Chongqing Renmin Primary School showcases great "people-to-people exchanges". It is believed that the event will not only promote Chinese childrens understanding of Brazil's history， geography， and culture， but more importantly， plant the seeds of China-Brazil amity in the childrens mind， build a communication bridge between these two countries， and transmit the cultural values of mutual respect and harmonious coexistence.

According to Wang Wei， principal of Dejing Primary School， this event has opened a window for the children to see the world， helped them understand the various cultural difference via learning different cultural background， thus they could understand the profound connotation and epoch values of Xi Jinping's vision on a community with a shared future for mankind.