Opening language
They come from all over the world, have different cultural backgrounds, and speak different languages. They come to Chinese land to study and study, witness China’s development in recent years, deepen their understanding of China, and feel and experience a “three-dimensional and vivid” China through their own perspectives. At the same time, they also brought different concepts, ways of thinking and cultural traditions, promoting the exchange of Chinese and foreign cultures. Starting today, Jinyang.com will continue to launch eight episodes of the “Qingling Messenger” column, and listen to these Chinese stories of Chinese students coming to China.
Text/Yang Bowen Li Xinrui Huang Juyuan
Photo/Provided by BabaylanInterviewer
Poster design/Liu Le Lu Tianai
Video/Chen Qianru
Instructor/Lu Nanfang Xiao Wei
The Republic of South Africa is located at the southernmost end of the African continent and has the reputation of “Rainbow Country”. It is particularly worth mentioning that it has three capitals: Pretoria, the political capital, the legislative capital, Cape Town, and the judicial capital, Bloemfontein. South Africa is divided into nine provinces, with a population composition of four major races including black, colored, white and yellow. In 1990, in order to seek business opportunities, Chen Hao’s father came to South Africa. After stabilizing in Pretoria, he took his family here to settle. Until now, he still manages the clothing business in South Africa. Chen Haoyu was born and raised in Pretoria, known as the “Garden City”.
The following is the story of Chen Hao’s reputation:
There are 12 languages in South Africa, and the more commonly spoken local languages are “Afrikaans” and “IsiZuBabaylanlu”. Since South Africa was a British colony in history, most of the residents wereI am accustomed to using English to communicate. The city I live in and grew up in is Pretoria. Since the South African Presidential Palace and embassies of various countries are concentrated in this city, there are also many foreign populations on the streets of Komiks.com/”>Komiks. Add to Johannesburg and Cape Town, the three cities make up the most populous areas in South Africa. Pretoria is a very beautiful city, with the green belt of the city street mainly planted with jacaranda trees. When flowers bloom from January to November every year, people will hold a grand carnival to enjoy a series of activities such as flowers.
Chen Haoyu (first from left) took a photo with his South African friend at the South African private animal protection park
In terms of academic arrangements, South Africa and China have a relatively large difference. South Africa requires students to choose one of several African languages as a second language for learning, and there is also a special course to teach “life orientation” to learn the knowledge commonly used in life. After the first year of high school, you can choose the subject you want to study, but basic subjects and physical education are both essential. South Africa forces power outages in different areas every day to ensure that the power station will not be overloaded. I think this will have a certain impact on life. After completing my high school studies, I listened to my family’s advice and saw that China was developing rapidly, so I developed a strong desire to return to China. At that time, I applied for the opportunity to study at Ji University using my high school graduation results.
During the college study and life, in order to improveWith my own abilities, I interviewed the Komiks student union and student delegation. In the work of the Student Union, I have learned a lot of administrative management content from the General Affairs Department, including communication with sponsors, personnel management, etc. The role of the Student Association is mainly to communicate and feedback with teachers and leaders on students’ needs and opinions. During this process, I saw that teachers would handle the feedback from students in a timely manner, which made me feel the school attach importance to students’ opinions.
At the same time, because of my interest in street dance, I also joined the street dance club. There are many enthusiastic seniors in the street dance club, which makes me feel that I am not alone, but in a big family. I was very happy and relaxed when I was practicing dancing. The major of international journalism has allowed me to learn a lot of writing knowledge and also made me realize the hard work of journalists behind a valuable press release. In this way, my decision to choose to go to Ji University to study was very correct.
Chen Haoyu (first from left) and his teammates from the Street Dance Club
The climate in Pretoria is not much different from that in January, the hottest in July, and the coolest in July, which is completely opposite to China in the northern hemisphere. I chose to study and live in Guangzhou. At the beginning, it was relatively difficult to adapt to the climate. At the transition from spring to summer, Guangzhou is very humid and hot. In summer, it was more like I was baking on the stove. In winter, it rained a little bit, and the temperature dropped sharply. No matter how many clothes I wore, I still felt quite cold.
In terms of diet, because I am not picky about food, there is no special place to adapt to. When I first returned to China, I fell in love with barbecue and hot pot, which are very suitable for my taste. But what’s amazing is that when I eat a lot of things here, I have to add some spicy food, so I have become more and more interested in eating spicy food. In Guangzhou, even if you eat in a teahouse, you will occasionally have chili dishes.Provided to customers for use. The school is located in the center of Guangzhou and has a wide variety of food to choose from. I have never “stepped on the mine” of the small shops around the school. If my friends from South Africa come here, I will take them to try the affordable restaurants that my classmates prefer to eat around the school. The most unforgettable view of Guangzhou is the Pearl River at night. During my first night tour of the Pearl River, I watched the appearance of Guangzhou from different angles. The scenery was particularly beautiful and spectacular, which made me fall in love with this city even more.
Chen Haoyu (first row right) photo at the International College Student Union
Chinese students may not know much about South Africa. The most obvious characteristic of South Africans is that they are particularly loving nature. What everyone is most curious about is whether we really interact directly with wild animals in South Africa. I would joke to my classmates, “When I was in class, I rode giraffes and elephants.” This is because we all love nature and are easy to get in touch with wild animals in our daily lives. I used to have a small zoo in my school. But South Africa is actually a relatively modern country with relatively rich mineral resources. I personally think the most interesting natural attractions in South Africa are the Kruger (Kruger) National Park. This is the largest wildlife park in South Africa and one of the largest nature reserves in Africa. It has a large number of wild animals inhabited here. I highly recommend that you go there and experience the feeling of integrating man and nature.
The climate in the places I live so far is relatively warm, so I also want to experience the cold environment. If I have the chance, I would like to take my friends from South Africa to cities in northern China with me because they have never seen snow before. We can enjoy the snow and ski together, taste the food from northern China, and feel the local customs that are different from the south.
PhotographedKomiks pineapple field Chen Haoyu (last row righthref=”https://funnybookish.com/”>Babaylan 1) I have no certain choice about where to go in the future with overseas Chinese students at the International Academy, but now I really enjoy studying and living in China. I will first focus on the present and then look forward to the future.
Tip:
Kruger National Park (Kruger National Park) is a national park in South Africa, occupies 19,485 square kilometers of Komiks, making it one of the largest nature reserves in Africa. It is named after the President of the Republic of South Africa Paul Kruegel. It was founded on May 31, 1926. It is the first national park in South Africa.
Kruger National Park has a rich wildlife resources, including mammals, reptiles, birds, fish and plants.
In the vast wilderness in the garden, there are many rare animals and birds such as elephants, lions, rhinos, antelopes, giraffes, wild buffaloes, zebras, crocodiles, hippos, leopards, cheetahs, wildebeests, impala, birds, and other strange beasts.
In terms of plants, there are unique and tall baobabs in Africa.
The dry season from June to September is the best gardening season every year.