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On the 6th of October, Confucius Institute held an online lecture, "Is Traditional Chinese Medicine a Science?“. In this lecture, a doctor, acupuncturist, and doctor of medical sciences, Dainius Butvilas, reviewed the most important aspects of Traditional Chinese medicine and compared Traditional Chinese medicine with Western medicine. In this lecture, the main question was whether Chinese medicine is a science and what place this treatment system holds in the medical world.

At the Confucius Institute on the 25th of September, we held a public lecture with a practice session to get familiar with the martial arts of the legendary Shaolin Monastery and its traditions. This topic was presented by the speaker Tomas Lapinskas, the official representative of the Shaolin Monastery in the Baltic States.

During the pandemic, we got used to living differently and were forced to change our habits in many areas. Communicating and entertaining remotely today is even more normal than trendy. Participating in events, studying or learning foreign languages ​​has become easy and extremely convenient from anywhere in the world.

VU Confucius Institute will start the autumn school year season in cooperation with a new Chinese university. This is Shanghai East China Normal University (ECNU), which is one of China's most prestigious universities.

Every year, during the spring, our institute hosts the “Confucius Institute Open Days,” where visitors had the opportunity to experience Chinese culture live. This year, we introduced Chinese culture remotely on the Zoom platform.

May 26 in the second on Chinese society assoc. Prof. L. Poškaitė's lecture "Transformations of Traditional Masculine Ideals in Modern China", it was interesting to hear about the discourse of the "masculinity crisis" in China since the 20th century. The lecturer began her lecture by emphasizing the non-problematic approach to masculinity that has prevailed in China for quite some time.

Last week we had the opportunity to get acquainted in detail with the women of modern Chinese society doc. L. Poškaitė's lecture "Stereotypes of Femininity and New Images in Contemporary China: From Excessive Femininity to Androgyny".

May 8 the local competition „Chinese Language Bridge“ was held. This year, 4 students and 3 gymnasium students from different regions of Lithuania participated.

April 20 the International Chinese Language Day was celebrated around the world. On this occasion, the Confucius Institute of Vilnius University (VU) invited everyone interested to get acquainted with the Chinese language and organized two remote lectures.

At the end of the academic year, we would like once again congratulate the 6 Sinology students who have been awarded one-time incentive scholarships by the Confucius Institute.

With the first spring sun shine, not only nature but also human awakens. Now is the best time to take care of yourself, your emotions and your body. But before you start exercising, it’s important to know how to prepare for appropriate breathing.

On 25th March at the initiative of the Confucius Institute of Vilnius University, the Confucius class was opened at the KTU Engineering Lyceum (S. Lozoraičio St.). This is the second class of Confucius in Lithuania and the first in Kaunas.

China stands out from other civilizations in the world with a special respect for the past and its history, perceiving it primarily as a lesson and a landmark for the present and the future. Therefore, in March, the VU Confucius Institute organized two online lectures focused on one of the four traditional art forms – calligraphy and contemporary art, which is based on historical and cultural memory.

Lockdown not only reduced the need for interest in Chinese culture, but on the contrary, this extraordinary situation increased interest and opened up new opportunities for the Confucius Institute at Vilnius University. In February, the institute organized two distance lectures for Coretech lt, UAB on Chinese culture. The first lecture "Chinese Aesthetics: Stories of 2000" was given by Robertas Jucaitis, associate professor of the Department of Graphic Design at the Vilnius Academy of Arts, a graphic designer, branding expert with many years of professional and pedagogical experience, who has led a creative workshop for students at the Gengdan Institute of the BGD in Beijing, China.  

As every year, the Confucius Institute of Vilnius University awarded scholarships to the best students of sinology at Vilnius University.

On November, 25th The Vilnius University Confucius Institute organized a public online lecture "The Significance of Traditional Chinese Medicine in the Modern World". We are extremely grateful to Vitalijus Naumavičius, a Chinese medicine doctor, physiotherapist and doctor of biomedical sciences, for his valuable knowledge of traditional Chinese medicine and advice on how we should strengthen our health in winter. The lecture discussed and compared two treatment systems - Western medicine and traditional Chinese medicine, where the researcher shared useful experience gained in China and his research knowledge. It was fun for us Lithuanians to see that more than half of the same medicinal plants grow in our country as in China. So far, unfortunately, we use a small part of the above-mentioned medicinal plants for treatment and prevention.

This week on the 28-30th of September, The Confucius Institute of Vilnius University hosted three events to commemorate the birthday of the famous Chinese philosopher and thinker Confucius. As every year, we celebrated this date with cultural events:

Happy Mid-Autumn Festival! 

中秋节快乐!

As every year, and also this year in 16th May, the annual Chinese Bridge Cultural Competition was held. It is gratifying that our great students and gymnasium students did not escape the unusual conditions of the competition and decided to participate remotely (from home).