蘇鈞天

從寧波出發(fā)，持續(xù)16小時(shí)的飛行，跨越10571公里。寧波諾丁漢大學(xué)的9名志愿者不久前遠(yuǎn)赴保加利亞首都索非亞，為保加利亞民眾帶去了為期兩周的中國(guó)特色文化藝術(shù)培訓(xùn)課程。

今年是中保建交70年，兩國(guó)歷史文化悠久，傳統(tǒng)友誼歷久彌新。近年來(lái)，在“一帶一路”倡議的推動(dòng)下，雙方的文化交流迅速升溫，精彩紛呈。

此次開(kāi)展的“文藝出?！碧厣幕囆g(shù)培訓(xùn)，由索非亞中國(guó)文化中心主辦，旨在共享人類藝術(shù)、傳播中國(guó)及寧波本地文化，為期一年，覆蓋四大板塊、九大內(nèi)容，包括中國(guó)書法、國(guó)畫、武術(shù)、中醫(yī)、舞蹈、音樂(lè)、非遺等，2019?年度計(jì)劃開(kāi)展12?期，每月一期，共計(jì)12期課程約360堂課，預(yù)計(jì)將為500多位保加利亞公民提供理論與技能的學(xué)習(xí)與實(shí)踐。

首批赴保加利亞開(kāi)展志愿服務(wù)的“先行軍”共10位，其中有9位來(lái)自寧諾，7位是大一的新生，帶隊(duì)的是寧波諾丁漢大學(xué)青年志愿者協(xié)會(huì)會(huì)長(zhǎng)穆希雅和學(xué)生事務(wù)與發(fā)展中心的Summer?He老師。首期課程為八極拳和中國(guó)書畫。教授八極拳的崔振峰是吳氏開(kāi)門八極拳九世弟子，巧的是，他也是一位寧諾的畢業(yè)生。教授書畫的是大一學(xué)生邱伊霖和孫郡，另外7名志愿者則配合教學(xué)，并特別準(zhǔn)備了兩門興趣課——剪紙和臉譜。

出發(fā)前，隊(duì)員們都作了比較充分的準(zhǔn)備，帶上上課所需的各種材料和教具。家在四川重慶的彭少楊還精挑細(xì)選了一批變臉面具，打算在臉譜課后送給當(dāng)?shù)嘏笥选?/p>

當(dāng)?shù)貢r(shí)間6月20日，9名志愿者到達(dá)索非亞機(jī)場(chǎng)。等待行李時(shí)，有人注意到一幅印有天一閣、寫著“海絲古港·微笑寧波”的城市宣傳海報(bào)?！案杏X(jué)挺奇妙。才從寧波出發(fā)，下飛機(jī)又看到了寧波”。

穆希雅說(shuō)，第一節(jié)書畫課，保加利亞民眾給了所有人一個(gè)大大的驚喜?！耙?yàn)榘藰O拳的課程一開(kāi)始人數(shù)不多，我們想書畫課可能也沒(méi)多少人，甚至在擔(dān)心如果只有一兩個(gè)人來(lái)該怎么辦。等到課快開(kāi)始的時(shí)候，來(lái)的人越來(lái)越多，多到超乎想象，多到現(xiàn)場(chǎng)沒(méi)有一個(gè)空位，多到好多人只能站在后面或者坐在地上聽(tīng)課了?！?/p>

有一位媽媽帶著兩個(gè)孩子，一家四口都來(lái)了。因?yàn)閬?lái)得有些晚，現(xiàn)場(chǎng)已經(jīng)沒(méi)有位置，就盤腿坐在地上寫字、畫畫。下課的時(shí)候，兩位小朋友說(shuō)一點(diǎn)也不累，而且坐在地上寫書法像個(gè)藝術(shù)家。這位媽媽說(shuō)，她曾兩次去過(guò)中國(guó)，非常喜歡，所以很想讓孩子們接觸傳統(tǒng)的中國(guó)書畫。

讓志愿者邱依霖印象深刻的是藝術(shù)家喬治。“國(guó)畫課上，他畫的整個(gè)線條很不一樣，他創(chuàng)作的竹子，幾乎是重造了，但有一種別樣的美感?！?/p>

短短的兩周時(shí)間，志愿者們向保加利亞民眾介紹了中國(guó)書法和國(guó)畫、剪紙藝術(shù)和臉譜文化，教大家畫竹子，寫“福”字，剪“喜”字，創(chuàng)作臉譜。

志愿者賴姝怡說(shuō)，來(lái)上課的每個(gè)人都異常認(rèn)真，從最開(kāi)始不懂如何握筆，到兩節(jié)課后所有人都能寫出一個(gè)“福”字。上完國(guó)畫課后，大家都能畫出一張水墨竹子圖了。臉譜課上，很多人已經(jīng)添上自己的元素，設(shè)計(jì)創(chuàng)造出具有異國(guó)風(fēng)情的臉譜。

穆希雅說(shuō)，在收集調(diào)查問(wèn)卷的時(shí)候，發(fā)現(xiàn)一張問(wèn)卷上用花體寫了“Thank?you”，才知道有一個(gè)當(dāng)?shù)氐乃囆g(shù)家來(lái)我們這里上課。他很喜歡我們的課，還免費(fèi)設(shè)計(jì)了很多作品送給我們。我希望他能夠在之后的作品中加入更多的中國(guó)元素，送了很多紙張和筆給他，他激動(dòng)得抱著我說(shuō)謝謝。最后一節(jié)課，我們跟他道別的時(shí)候，他偷偷哭了，說(shuō)一定會(huì)來(lái)中國(guó)找我們。

幾位志愿者都提到了當(dāng)?shù)厥忻駥?duì)中國(guó)文化的熱情。有一位對(duì)于中國(guó)文化非常感興趣的大叔，他在書法課上讓同學(xué)們教他用中文寫“feel?like?home”，他說(shuō)，因?yàn)槲覀兊臒崆樽屗杏X(jué)“像家一樣”。后來(lái)我們才知道，他住在索非亞的另一邊，每次來(lái)上課都需要坐很長(zhǎng)時(shí)間的車，但他從來(lái)沒(méi)有缺席過(guò)。有一個(gè)女孩子學(xué)習(xí)中文已經(jīng)有5個(gè)月了，即將去浙江大學(xué)交換學(xué)習(xí)。她每節(jié)課都會(huì)早到一個(gè)小時(shí)，幫忙擺放教學(xué)用品，下課也會(huì)留下一起收拾。有一天下課后，她還帶幾位志愿者去了當(dāng)?shù)氐木瓢桑寧孜恢驹刚邔?duì)于當(dāng)?shù)厝说纳钣辛烁嗔私?。道別的時(shí)候，她很用力地抱了抱同學(xué)們：我相信我們一定會(huì)在中國(guó)再見(jiàn)面。

“這趟志愿服務(wù)最大的收獲，不是英語(yǔ)口語(yǔ)水平的提高，而是在與當(dāng)?shù)厥忻竦慕涣飨嗵幹校壹阮I(lǐng)略了別樣的藝術(shù)文化，也為中國(guó)文化自豪?！必?fù)責(zé)國(guó)畫教學(xué)的孫郡說(shuō)。

近年來(lái)，一批批寧波諾丁漢大學(xué)的學(xué)子走出國(guó)門，奔赴世界各地從事志愿服務(wù)。據(jù)不完全統(tǒng)計(jì)，寧諾每年有數(shù)百名學(xué)生利用寒暑假時(shí)間，到全球35個(gè)國(guó)家和地區(qū)參加志愿活動(dòng)。2017年，就有186名學(xué)生到24個(gè)“一帶一路”沿線國(guó)家教中文、講歷史、教做中國(guó)菜……

索非亞中國(guó)文化中心的負(fù)責(zé)人屠雪松對(duì)寧諾學(xué)子的表現(xiàn)給予了高度評(píng)價(jià)。“寧諾的國(guó)際化程度很高，這也是我們最初選擇寧諾學(xué)生開(kāi)第一課的原因。事實(shí)證明，這個(gè)選擇是正確的。這兩周中，我們看到同學(xué)們用真誠(chéng)熱情的態(tài)度、自信流利的表達(dá)和創(chuàng)新的授課形式講述中國(guó)故事，展現(xiàn)了文化傳播使者的風(fēng)采?！?/p>

而當(dāng)?shù)厥忻駥?duì)于中國(guó)文化的熱情，也真的很打動(dòng)我們的同學(xué)。穆希雅說(shuō)，“哪怕你犯了一些小錯(cuò)誤，或者課程內(nèi)容沒(méi)有達(dá)到預(yù)期，他們永遠(yuǎn)非常包容，笑著說(shuō)沒(méi)關(guān)系?！彼噪m然同學(xué)們上課很累，但還是非常期待下一節(jié)課，希望能早點(diǎn)見(jiàn)到他們。比如在臉譜課上，同學(xué)們會(huì)告訴他們中國(guó)年輕人對(duì)于傳統(tǒng)京劇的看法;在他們安靜地畫臉譜的時(shí)候，詢問(wèn)大家的意見(jiàn)后，會(huì)播放年輕人喜歡聽(tīng)的中國(guó)歌曲作為背景音樂(lè)，大家都很開(kāi)心。

寧諾學(xué)生事務(wù)與發(fā)展中心主任張赟也驕傲地說(shuō)，寧諾的志愿服務(wù)遠(yuǎn)超出志愿服務(wù)本身。志愿者們充分發(fā)揮自己跨文化交流的優(yōu)勢(shì)，用創(chuàng)新的方式傳播和諧的中國(guó)聲音，用實(shí)際行動(dòng)在為中國(guó)文化的傳播、“一帶一路”建設(shè)作出自己的貢獻(xiàn)。期待寧諾志愿者這個(gè)品牌，會(huì)成為世界了解中國(guó)、了解寧波的一個(gè)窗口。

Volunteers?from?UNNC?Teach?Art?and?Culture?in?Sofia，?Bulgaria

By?Su?Juntian

A?group?of?nine?volunteers?from?University?of?Nottingham?Ningbo?China?flew?16?hours?and?covered?a?distance?of?10，571?kilometers?before?they?landed?in?Sofia，?the?capital?of?Bulgaria?on?June?20，?2018.?The?group?included?seven?first-year?students?and?two?graduates.?They?were?accompanied?by?a?teacher.

The?group?spent?two?weeks?there?teaching?traditional?Chinese?art?and?culture?to?local?people?at?the?China?Cultural?Center?in?Sophia.?Now?the?volunteers?are?back.

The?volunteers?came?to?work?at?a?project?sponsored?by?China?Cultural?Center?in?Sofia.?The?project?in?2019?is?designed?to?have?12?monthly?episodes?and?all?the?volunteers?are?from?UNNC?in?Ningbo.?Each?episode?is?to?be?2?weeks?long?and?offer?30?classes.?It?is?expected?the?project?this?year?will?enable?over?500?Bulgarians?to?acquaint?themselves?with?the?essentials?of?Chinese?art?and?culture.

Cui?Zhenfeng?taught?Taiji?（shadow?boxing）?to?Bulgarian?enthusiasts.?He?is?a?disciple?of?a?Wushu?master?surnamed?Wu?and?a?graduate?of?UNNC.?Freshmen?Qiu?Yilin?and?Sun?Jun?were?engaged?in?art?teaching.?Other?volunteers?acted?as?assistants?in?classroom.?The?volunteers?also?gave?Bulgarians?a?hands-on?experience?in?paper-cutting?and?facial?masks?used?in?Chinese?operas.

The?young?volunteers?were?fully?prepared?for?teaching?and?they?had?brought?a?full?quantity?of?teaching?supplies?such?as?brush?pens?and?paper，?facial?masks?and?scissors，?etc.?But?they?didnt?expect?to?see?so?many?people?show?up.?The?volunteers?were?delightfully?surprised?and?impressed?with?the?enthusiasm?of?these?local?people.

A?woman?brought?her?two?children?to?an?art?class.?As?there?were?no?seats?for?latecomers，?the?two?children?sat?on?the?floor?and?practiced?what?they?had?just?learned.?They?said?sitting?on?the?floor?and?creating?artworks?made?them?feel?like?artists.?The?woman?said?she?had?visited?China?twice?and?was?deeply?impressed.?She?would?like?her?children?to?learn?traditional?Chinese?art?and?culture.

The?volunteers?found?someone?had?written?“thank?you”?in?a?beautiful?English?style?at?the?end?of?a?questionnaire.?It?turned?out?that?the?artistic?words?were?written?by?an?artist.?He?gave?the?volunteers?some?artworks?he?had?designed.?When?given?some?art?materials?such?as?paper?and?brush?pens，?he?was?very?happy.?After?the?last?class，?the?volunteers?hugged?him?goodbye?and?he?wept.?He?said?he?would?come?to?see?them?in?China.?A?middle-aged?man?asked?volunteers?to?write?in?Chinese?the?English?words?“feel?like?home”.?The?volunteers?wrote?that?in?a?calligraphic?style.?After?chatting?with?him，?the?volunteers?found?that?he?needed?to?travel?a?long?way?from?the?other?side?of?Sophia?to?attend?classes?at?the?China?Cultural?Center.?He?was?never?late.

Toward?the?end?of?the?two?weeks，?all?those?who?had?attended?the?classes?could?write?a?few?Chinese?words?and?paint?a?simple?bamboo?painting.?Some?of?the?bamboos?painted?by?Bulgarians?showed?delightful?compositions?and?ebullient?brushworks.

Tu?Xusong，?director?of?China?Cultural?Center?in?Sophia，?spoke?highly?of?the?UNNC?volunteers.?“We?picked?them?to?start?the?monthly?project?because?we?knew?the?university?was?highly?international.?It?turns?out?that?ours?is?a?right?decision.?The?volunteers?spared?no?efforts?to?express?themselves?and?the?classes?they?taught?were?innovative?and?delightful.?They?served?as?envoys?of?Chinese?culture?and?the?Chinese?story?they?presented?was?good，”?remarks?Tu.

In?recent?years，?UNNC?carries?out?various?volunteers?programs.?Incomplete?data?indicate?that?hundreds?of?UNNC?students?are?engaged?in?these?programs?in?35?countries?and?regions?during?summer?and?winter?breaks.

The?volunteer?services?of?UNNC?are?more?than?work.?Volunteers?give?full?play?to?their?capabilities?to?disseminate?Chinese?culture?to?the?world.?UNNC?volunteers?have?been?contributing?to?Chinas?Belt?&?Road?initiative.?“It?is?hoped?that?the?UNNC?volunteer?service?will?be?a?brand?name?and?that?it?will?enable?the?world?to?know?more?about?China?and?Ningbo?in?particular，”?comments?proudly?Zhang?Yun，?director?of?the?UNNC?center?for?student?affairs?and?development.