LONDON, May 21 (Xinhua) — A singing contest of Chinese songs for abroad Chinese was held right here on Sunday.
Organized by London Chinatown Chinese Association, the competition is a part of the “Cultures of China Water Cube Cup” Chinese Songs Contest, a worldwide exercise designed to introduce Chinese tradition and to inform Chinese tales to the world.
A complete of 20 members competed within the United Kindom division’s remaining spherical. In the top, three front-runners from the youth group and the highest three from the grownup group, in addition to the winner from the foreign-friends group, certified for additional competitors on the world degree.
Masayo Ono, a Chinese songs’ lover, informed Xinhua that she grew up in a Chinese-Japanese household. Although she had taken half within the Chinese speech competitors in Japan earlier than, it’s her first time being a part of the “Water Cube Cup.”
“I love singing and love learning Chinese … it was fun to learn one of my favourite songs in Chinese,” stated Stuart Boother, the winner of the foreign-friends group. His efficiency evoked an enthusiastic response from the viewers.
Boother informed Xinhua it was his second time competing within the contest, and he hoped to affix the competition once more subsequent 12 months.
Fascinated by Chinese tradition, Boother stated he went to China to be taught Kungfu years in the past and lately visited Guangzhou and Guilin in south China.
“Today was fantastic. I listened with a lot of happiness and excitement,” MP Mark Logan informed Xinhua. He regards music as the most effective methods to deepen cultural alternate.
The “Water Cube Cup,” initiated in 2011, has attracted contestants all over the world for greater than a decade. It goals at strengthening the hyperlink between China and the world by the Chinese tradition.