Foreign friends say Song Yuan Quanzhou: I would imagine that this stone under my feet Marco Polo also stepped on the broadcast article
In the video, serge stands at the pier of the river mouth and introduces the historic site in Spanish and French.
Taihai Net, September 30th, according to the Southeast Morning Post, how can foreigners introduce Quanzhou historical sites in foreign languages? Recently, a video introducing Quanzhou historical sites in a foreign language became popular on the Internet. The introducer, serge, was a Belgian. Before coming to China, he knew in “The Travels of Marco Polo” that “Erythrina is the most important thing in the world at that time. One of the ports”, 6 years ago, when he decided to settle in Quanzhou, he was surprised to find that “Erythritol” was Quanzhou.
“It’s amazing. Now you have to ask a child which is the largest port in the world. I’m afraid no child can know a clear answer, but the status of Erythrina at that time was very clear, which is amazing.” After that, serge was in Quanzhou. He started a family and started a business, and his daughter was also born here. He said that this was his fate with the ancient city.
A foreigner who speaks four languages
Settled home in Quanzhou for love
“The port of Quanzhou was the center of trade relations between China and Southeast Asia in the 13th century. When the king made Marco Polo his foreign messenger, it was very likely that Marco Polo would carry out his imperial mission here…” serge in the video Standing at Jiangkou Pier, he introduced the monument in Spanish and French. In addition, he can speak English and Russian.
Six years ago, serge came to Quanzhou to visit his girlfriend, a yoga teacher from Henan. At that time, he knew almost nothing about Quanzhou, and he didn’t even know that the largest port in the East, “Eythia” mentioned in “Marco Polo’s Travels” he had read was the land under his feet. Slowly, he and his girlfriend’s life in Quanzhou got better and better, and their relationship continued to heat up, and finally they decided to settle here. “Everything is natural, work here is smooth and life is comfortable.” serge told reporters that after making this decision, he began to read articles and information related to Quanzhou.
“I was surprised when I saw an article on the Internet that Marco Polo said Erythrina is Quanzhou.” Serge recalled that he only vaguely remembered that the book described a prosperous city with developed commerce and beautiful scenery. , I was “shocked” when I learned that the city in the book was at my feet.
Often check in at Jiangkou Wharf
Fascinated by the ancient banyan tree in Kaiyuan Temple
Serge’s family now lives near Liming University, and he often takes his daughter to visit Fenghai Road. “Jiangkou Pier, I often take my daughter there to see the scenery and take a walk.” Serge said, in AD 1291, Marco Polo recorded “there are more than a hundred ships in the port of Citong”, describing is The unique style of Quanzhou Port during the prosperous period of Song and Yuan Dynasties. “Standing on that pier, sometimes I would imagine that the stone under my feet was probably the one that Marco Polo stepped ashore on.” Therefore, serge called this pier “Marco Polo Pier.” ”, he said that this kind of imagination beyond time and space is very subtle.
In addition to Jiangkou Pier, Kaiyuan Temple is serge’s favorite place to check in. “There are ancient banyan trees in the temple that are 800 years old or even thousands of years old. It is rare to see such an ancient tree in Belgium!” Serge introduced. He grew up in the historic city of Brussels in Belgium. There are many ancient buildings in his hometown, but he rarely sees them. He was amazed when he saw the tall and dense ancient banyan tree for the first time. Since then, the family of three has often visited Kaiyuan Temple and felt the charm of history and culture in that quiet and quiet environment, which he enjoyed very much.
“My friends who come from the United States and Argentina, I will take them to Kaiyuan Temple, which has a history of thousands of years and is very well preserved, especially the East and West Pagodas, which are very beautiful.” serge introduced that they did not like visiting historical sites. Looking for a tour guide, he likes to walk slowly, watch slowly, and feel slowly, and find the answer by himself when he sees something he is interested in. He thinks this feeling will be more profound.
Let the children go to the monuments to find answers
Only by touching history can we feel the inheritance
Going to the field, seeing the real thing, and finding the answer, this is serge’s way of visiting the city. He believes that this approach was born out of his upbringing in Belgium. “In Belgium, our country may not be as big as Fujian Province, but there are many museums in the city. We put all historical things in the museum. The museum is in the city center and let the children go to see these objects. I think This is a good way to protect and inherit culture.” Serge believes that the learning and cognition of culture should be seen by children’s eyes, touched by their hands, and only when they have a specific feeling and touch will they have a deeper impression. And experience, which is much more distracting than paper-based teaching. Therefore, he suggested that more children should be organized to go to the historical sites, let them have questions in the field, and then find answers, so that the ancient city culture can be better implanted in the hearts of children, and then passed on.
It is understood that the introduction video of serge is one of the series of videos of Dawn University. “We took advantage of the school’s business and trade language majors and sea-line tourism majors to organize this series of shootings. In addition to the four languages that have been filmed: Russian, French, Spanish, and Japanese, we also plan to launch Fujian dialect, Hakka, Korean, Italian Chinese, Indian, Vietnamese, Burmese and other 10 international language versions, and published on Facebook, Twitter and other social platforms abroad.” Associate Professor Xu Shuyan, Director of Tourism Management at Liming Vocational University, said that after learning of the successful application to the World Heritage List, Her colleague, Teacher Ye Guolun, immediately contacted her and proposed the idea of introducing Quanzhou heritage sites in different languages. The two hit it off and planned the “Let the World Listen to Quanzhou” to promote Quanzhou World Heritage Sites in multiple languages. (Reporter Chen Linghong and Zheng Yijun text/picture)