CHONGQING (CQNEWS) -- On April 11, you can see some people in Han Chinese clothing playing “cuju” (an ancient Chinese football), some people playing the pitch-pot game, and some floating river lanterns on rivers in this college... As you step into the college, you return to ancient China.

The report learns that a great variety of activities in a traditional-Chinese style, such as the experience of Han Chinese clothing, the No.1 scholar card game, and lantern riddles, as well as dough figures making, sugar painting, and Sichuan Opera face-changing performed by the inheritors of intangible cultural heritage are held in the college.

It turns out to be the opening ceremony of the 2023 Splendid Culture and Art Festival of the School of Economics and Management & the Second Traditional-Chinese-Style Culture Festival held in Chongqing Metropolitan College of Science and Technology. This event gives students a deeper insight into traditional Chinese culture through live performances and interactive experiences.

"I'm excited that the school can run this kind of activity. Now I can wear the beautiful clothes that I haven't worn in a while." Liu Jiayi, a sophomore at Chongqing Metropolitan College of Science and Technology, told the reporter that she has been keen on traditional Chinese culture and has saved money to buy a set of Han Chinese clothes in her freshman year. However, she seldom wears them because of her social anxiety. This time, the event where many teachers and students wear Han Chinese clothes, greatly encourages her to wear her favorite Han Chinese clothes.

“The event is more exciting than the live house!” said Yao Lichi, a student at Chongqing Metropolitan College of Science and Technology. All activities during the event, especially the Sichuan Opera face-changing that won applause and screaming, are contagious to her. She said she wanted to learn more about traditional Chinese culture and techniques from the performers and pass on the intangible cultural heritage in the future.

“We hope that students can obtain a deeper insight into Chinese culture from this event and pass the excellent traditional culture on in the future,” the person in charge said. (Translated by Yuki, Fathom Language Limited)