Great news – we made an impact! We are thrilled to announce that the performers of Tianjin University of Finance and Economics received the biggest number of votes in 2021 HWU Music Cottage 200. Sheng Solo, Number 3, has been particularly favourited for the ‘incredible energy and sound’. Steve King D.Litt, the Director of Music at Heriot-Watt, was left impressed by the performances: “A few years ago, music students and their music director from Tianjin […]
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Mid-Autumn Festival and mooncakes!
Our SCIBC language teacher Zhuzhu has created a short video to provide some background on the Mid-Autumn Festival, celebrated this year on 21st September. She’s also highlighted the different types of mooncakes which are eaten at this time of year – plenty for the tastebuds to explore!
Summer Festivals in China
By Chuanming Zhu Hello, everybody! New term is coming! Welcome back to University! Did you enjoy your summer holiday? Summer is the ideal season for sunshine, visiting the beach and all kinds of festivals. In Scotland, the most famous festival is the Edinburgh International Festival, which brings top class performers of music, theatre, opera and […]
Soraidh Slàn
How long can one generally live? Say sixty or seventy? In this sense, two years seems short and unimportant. Yet for me, the last two years has almost been so far the best of my life, in Edinburgh. Edinburgh has a nickname in Chinese, “The Castle of Love”, a name that already suggests the wonderfulness […]
CI Storytelling—Robin Wilson, a Star Student of the Scottish Confucius Institute of Business and Communication (SCIBC) at Heriot-Watt University
By Ping Zhang (SCIBC Chinese Co-Director) and Wei Gu (SCIBC Mandarin Chinese Teacher ) 孔院故事会——赫瑞瓦特大学苏格兰商务与交流孔子学院明星学生罗斌 作者：赫瑞瓦特大学苏格兰商务与交流孔子学院中方院长 张平 赫瑞瓦特大学苏格兰商务与交流孔子学院中方教师 古炜 前言 Preface 罗斌（Robin Wilson）是英国苏格兰赫瑞瓦特大学语言系国际商务管理与中文专业的大二学生，也是赫瑞瓦特大学苏格兰商务与交流孔子学院的优秀学员。罗斌是地道的苏格兰人，他的家乡在英国苏格兰的欧文市。高中阶段，罗斌开始学习中文，2017至2018学年罗斌获得苏格兰中小学孔子学院奖学金资助，赴中国天津学习一年中文。 Robin Wilson is a second year student of the Department of Languages & Intercultural Studies (LINCS) at Heriot-Watt University, majoring in International Business Management and Chinese. He is also an excellent […]
Students from Heriot Watt LINCS and SCIBC achieve success in the Chinese Bridge Competition
On 26th June, the 20th “Chinese Bridge” Chinese Proficiency Competition UK Final was held online. Brodie Lawrence, who studies at Heriot Watt University with LINCS and SCIBC presented a wonderful speech and an impressive piece for the talent show- a rap song with some Chinese Kungfu features. Through his perfect performance and understanding of Chinese […]
Dragon Boat Festival
Monday 14th June 2021 saw the dragon boat festival being celebrated. In this short video created by our colleague Zhuzhu Chuanming we learn the history behind the festival as well as some of the Chinese phrases connected to it. We hope you enjoy the video as much as we enjoyed making it Dragon Boat Festival […]
Chinese Networks Valentine’s Day
Romantic Gifts and Culture for 20th May or 520 by Ping Zhang Traditionally in China May is a month that is full of romance, and the 20th of May is the day you can express your love to your parents, partner and even yourself! “520” is actually a homonym for “I love you” in Chinese […]
2nd Chinese Competition of Charitable Projects & Business Innovations
On April 2021 the 2nd Chinese Competition of Charitable Projects & Business Innovations for UK University Students was held online, there were 16 contestants from 9 universities participating in the competition. Robin Wilson, who is a student from Lincs and the SCIBC at Heriot Watt University, took part in this completion and presented his innovative […]
May 20th / 520 – “I love you” day
520 is a short form of the day of May 20 and this date is another Valentine’s Day holiday in China. But why is this date Valentine’s Day? It may sound funny but “520” sounds phonetically very close to “I Love You”, or “Wo Ai Ni” in Chinese. We have produced a couple of videos […]