June is Chinese culture month and has it's unique festivals. In the second week of June, the Confucius Institute, University of Lagos came out to lay the tables, and had an open air cooking exhibition and hosted a group of students to various methods of cooking in the Chinese culture.
Chinese noodles are popular.
According to Professor Wang Yongjing, the Director of the Institute, this
popular meal is very important in the lives of the people in Northern China.
"So
today we have exhibited how the cooking is done in Northern China and displayed
tea and how it is prepared in China. In China, tea is important. It is an
important part of our meal. People in the south of China for instance drink tea
as soon as they wake up. They drink tea all the time. A lot of housewives or
people who work at home, keep a tea cup by their side and drink at different
times of the day. The men and women in offices too drink tea at work.
"What we have done today is to
introduce the Chinese tea and watch movies on the preparation of food in China.
As you can see the preparation of food is important and sometimes it appears
like a ceremony becomes a lot of details goes into each food preparation in
China."
For the students and others
who showed up for the outdoor event, it was fun fun fun all the way, getting to
watch the noodle preparation, tasting and drinking tea and learning about the
Chinese culture.
Some of the students spoken
to, showed great enthusiasm in learning and assimilating more of the Chinese
culture of which the Chinese Institute offers. And many also commended the Confucius
Institute team at the University of Lagos led by Professor Wang Yongjing.
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