The nameplate of Confucius class was unveiled on the 24th of February in Vilniaus Mikalojaus Daukšos secondary school. Many important guests attended the ceremony including H.E. Chinese ambassador Liu Zengwen, representatives of Vilnius City Municipality, directors of Vilnius and Kaunas schools, Confucius institute and teachers as well as students of Daukšos school.
On the 5th of March Ieva Rute’s photography exhibition called “Mountains lost in silver” was opened in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. During this exhibition, traveller, photographer and a professor of VU Centre of Oriental Studies and Confucius Institute Ieva Rute, revealed the beauty of the Chinese mountains which she captured from never seen angles. Photos were taken in Chinese Yellow (Huangshan 黄山) and Lotos （Huashan 华山） mountains in 2010.
On the 9th of May ', Chinese Bridge' Competition was held in Lithuania for the very first time at Vilnius University. 'Chinese Bridge' is a large-scale Chinese language competition for university students sponsored by Confucius Institute Headquarters (Hanban).
We are sharing the notice of our friends - Traditional Wushu association of Lithuania - about an upcoming first open traditional wushu and taijiquan championship in Lithuania!
November 28th was the day for the final event of Vilnius University Confucius Institute organized „Chinese Culture Week“. The last time when Peking opera was performed in Lithuania was 15 years ago, therefore this year Peking opera performance received much attention.
September 27th, Saturday, was the day when a celebration dedicated to the founding of Confucius institute worldwide – international Confucius institute day - was held at Vilnius M. Daukša middle school. The celebration also included the opening of Confucius class in M. Daukša middle school.
On July 6 to 21, 17 selected students from Confucius Institute at Vilnius University and affiliated education centers attended a two-week summer camp themed by “Chinese Dream &Liaoning University Impression” in China.
VMU (Vytautas Magnus University) and its students had organized East Asia events which were held at the second and the third weekend of May. These events were organized for all people interested in East Asia countries and these faraway cultures which have been cherished for centuries. During the weekends, everyone had a chance to widen their knowledge of this area.
On the 5-7th of May, Vilnius had an annual event known as Orientalists days (OrDi 2014) which is organized by the VU Centre of Oriental Studies. This 3-day lasting event is always welcomed by the admirers of Far East region. During Orientalists days, everyone has a chance to participate, widen their knowledge and gain skills in the different areas of East Asia such as education, business, diplomacy and culture.
We are pleased that we had an opportunity for making contribution to the development of Chinese studies of VMU (Vytautas Magnus University) Centre of Asian Studies by expanding C. Sugihara library‘s book collection.
Under the collaboration between VU Confucius Institute and „Sveikas miestas“, a huge celebration of World Taijiquan and Qigong Day was held in the heart of Vilnius, Town Hall square, on the last Saturday of April. During the celebration, a few hundred people gathered in Town Hall square where they had a chance to know a variety of Chinese time tested wellness systems as well as secrets of martial art techniques.
On the 29th of April, there was signed a memorandum between VU Confucius Institute and VDU Centre of Asian Studies concerning collaboration while establishing Confucius Institute teaching office in the Centre of Asian Studies.from now on, teachers from Confucius Institute in China will be teaching in the Centre of Asian studies.
VU Confucius Institute had a honour to welcome a senior student of Beijing Physical Education University, multiple prize winner of China‘s Wushu contests, the winner of China‘s Wushu Championship in 2006 and Wushu instructor Liang Wenming.
The representatives of Lithuania‘s traditional Wushu association „Shaolin“ have won 10 prizes in Baltic Olympiad of Martial Arts which took place in Riga on the 5-6th of April.
This weekend, Baltic Olympiad of Martial Arts was held in the capital of Latvia where representatives of Wushu style Taijiquan from Lithuania‘s „Taichi association“ became the favourites in this category.
VU Centre of Oriental Studies for the first time organized Baltic Alliance for Asian Studies conference which was held on the 3-4th of April, in Vilnius. Scholars fromEstonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Armenia, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Italy, the United Kingdom, the Unites States, gathered under 10 panels, presented 50 papers.
Collaborating with VU Confucius institute, Sports University of Lithuania has given an exceptional opportunity for everyone who is willing to deepen their knowledge of Chinese martial arts.
On the 4th of March, Tuesday, students received an unusual Chinese language lesson at M. Dauksa School. During this lesson, pupils were learning Chinese language not by sitting in school desk but by cooking traditional Chinese dumplings.
On the 12th of February, the last event of “Mysterious China” cycle was held in the Art Gallery of Panevezys. There was the lecture called “The intersection and harmony between the Chinese and contemporary Western medicine” given by the Confucius Institute’s doc. Dainius Butvilas. Up to one hundred people came to listen and deepen their knowledge of Chinese medicine.
While the Chinese New Year was approaching, the celebration rituals were introduced not only in the events “Mystical China” held in Panevezys but as well in Vilnius Lyceum. The director of VU Confucius Institute prof. Zhang Donghui, project manager Vilma Sniukstaite and Chinese language lecturer Bo Shuyan participated in this event.
