“外国人在中国”系列丛书取材于央视4 套《外国人在中国》栏目。该栏目是中央电视台中文国际频道(CCTV-4)于2013 年2 月25 日起推出的以外国人为主体的纪实性专题节目。书中纪录了外国人在中国的学习、工作和生活,生动地反映中国丰富多彩的传统文化,也折射出当代中国的发展变化和开放包容的文化氛围。书中的人物与故事为中外文化交流搭建起一座桥梁。
“Foreigner in China”Series takes material from the feature program “Foreigners in China” of CCTV 4. This program was firstly aired in February 25, 2013, and it’s the first documentary program focused on how foreigners learn, work and live in China. The book series reflects not only Chinese traditional culture and inclusively open atmosphere, but also exhibits the development and tremendous changes taken place in contemporary China. The main characters and their stories in these books have been acting as a bridge of cultural exchange between China and other countries.
在耀眼夺目的中国传统文化光谱中,太极、中医、京剧、功夫当属接受度高的几种。此外,泥塑、蹴鞠、竹刻等传统手艺的魅力也毫不逊色。除了中国人,它们还收获了一批海外拥趸。他们被中国文化吸引,不远万里来华学艺,在他乡的文化里找到心灵归宿。本书以外国人的视角,讲述他们在中国学习传统文化艺术的点滴。
In the spectrum of Chinese traditional culture, tai chi, traditonal Chinese medicine, Peking Opera and kung fu are always among the best received in the world. Clay figurine, cuju and bamboo carving are equally attractive. Apart from their Chinese fans, these forms of traditional culture win many foreigners’ hearts. They are obsessed with them and come afar to China to learn them. In pursuit, many have home in this alien land. From the view of foreigners, this book tells how they learn Chinese traditional art in China.
精选央视节目,全面呈现外国人在中国工作、生活的真实状态,从小处着手,讲述中外交流的故事。
selected the program materials to fully present the real state of foreigner's work and life in China, and start from a small angle to tell stories of Chinese and foreign exchanges.
Telling Vivid Chinese Stories to the World
In his speech delivered at the National Conference on Publicity and Ideological Work in August 2013, Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, said: “We should tell Chinese stories and let the world know more of China.” This provides a fundamental basis for international communication. Since the initiation of the reform and opening up program in late 1978, the international influence of China has greatly improved and the international community has paid unprecendented attention to China. It has become an important and urgent issue to strengthen the construction of international communication capacity, enhance the creativity, appeal and credibility and show the world a real, stereoscopic and comprehensive China.
Since its establishment in 1992, the China Central Television International Channel (CCTV4) has been adhering to the principle of “news+culture”. Through updating its forms of international communications, showing the image of China and vividly, and displaying the exchanges and mutual learning of various civilizations at home and abroad, CCTV4 works hard to build a worldclass new mainstream media entity with strong leadership, communication ability and influence, better meeting the needs of a Chinese-language audience of more than 200 million around the world. The program “Foreinger in China” has made positive exploration in this respect, it reflects the reality of China, tells Chinese stories and displays China’s development from the unique perspective of foreigners.
The book series of the same name adapted from the program includes four books, namely My Happy Life in China, My Story About Learning Culture in China, My Story About Realizing Dreams in China, and the fourth volume My Story About Doing Business in China, captured wonderful stories of many foreign friends in China. They are French designer Berenice who loves China’s intangible cultural heritage, young people from Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) member countries, and Diarra, the first traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) practitioner from Mali…Their stories are real, vivid and meaningful, which lively convey the profound accumulation and eternal charm of Chinese civilization, show the good image and sonorous pace of contemporary China, and elaborate the profound connotation of the development of civilization in exchange and mutual learning, and the increasingly common destiny of mankind.
Besides the focusing on the stories of ordinary people, “Foreigner insonorous pace of contemporary China, and elaborate the profound connotation of the development of civilization in exchange and mutual learning, and the increasingly common destiny of mankind.
中央广播电视总台由中共中央宣传部领导。宣传党的理论和路线方针政策,统筹组织重大宣传报道,组织广播电视创作生产,制作和播出广播电视精品,引导社会热点,加强和改进舆论监督,推动多媒体融合发展,加强国际传播能力建设,讲好中国故事等。
China Media Group is led by the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee. We should publicize the party's theories, lines, principles and policies, organize major publicity and reports as a whole, organize radio and television production, produce and broadcast radio and television products, guide social hot spots, strengthen and improve public opinion supervision, promote the integrated development of multimedia, strengthen the construction of international communication capacity, and tell Chinese stories.
Contents 1. Diarra's Free Clinic 2. Meng Fei's Wish 3. Nathalie's Kung Fu Trip(I) 4. Nathalie's Kung Fu Trip(II) 5. Chen Gaoxing's Tai Chi Life 6. The Cuju Boy 7. When a Foreign Magician Meets Farmer Magicians 8. Clay Figurine Made by a French Daughter-in-Law 9. Green-Retaining Bamboo Carving Retains His Heart 10. Ghaffar, a Foreign Monkey King