On United Nations Chinese Day
The first United Nations Chinese Day celebration was held at the United Nations Headquarters in new york on 2010100. Under-Secretary-General for Information and Multilingual Equality of the United Nations Kiyoshi Akasaka, Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations Lee, Consul General of China in new york Peng Keyu and more than 65.438 million diplomats, United Nations staff and other guests from relevant countries attended the opening ceremony.
Under-Secretary-General Ito Akasaka said that Chinese was designated as one of the six official languages at the beginning of the founding of the United Nations. It is one of the oldest languages in the world, and it is also the language with the largest number of people in the world. Chinese Day will make more people realize the beauty, history and cultural importance of Chinese. Ito Akasaka also showed his congratulatory message written in Chinese and Li Bai's poem "Yellow Crane Tower Going to Yangzhou to Say Goodbye to Meng Haoran" with great interest.
Ambassador Li, Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations, said in his speech that the establishment of six official languages day in the United Nations is a far-reaching initiative. Chinese is one of the oldest, richest and most beautiful languages in the world. The profound Chinese culture has a long history and can be carried forward because of the carrier of Chinese. Entering the 2 1 century, Chinese is playing an increasingly important role in international communication, and the "Chinese fever" is in the ascendant all over the world. Today, the United Nations holds Chinese Day for the first time in history, which will further expand the influence of Chinese as the official language of the United Nations and let more people get in touch with and understand China's long-standing civilization and splendid culture.
Grain Rain is the last solar term in spring. At this time, the seedlings in the field are planted first, and the rain is most needed, so there is a saying that "spring rain is as expensive as oil". In this season when spring leaves and summer comes, duckweed in the pond begins to grow, and spring tea is harvested around this season. At this moment, it gives people a picture of everything growing and thriving, as the saying goes, "a year's plan lies in spring."
As for the origin of Grain Rain Festival, according to Huainanzi, it is an earth-shattering event to create characters in Cangjie. The Yellow Emperor issued imperial edicts in late spring and early summer, announcing the success of Cangjie's word-making, and calling on all the people in the world to * * * the ambition of Xi. According to legend, because of the shaping of his meritorious figures, he touched the Emperor of Heaven. At that time, there was a famine in the world, so he ordered the heavenly soldiers to open the granary of the Heavenly Palace, and millet was planted, and all the people in the world were saved. Later generations named this day Grain Rain as one of the 24 solar terms.
The United Nations Department of Public Information and the Permanent Mission of China to the United Nations jointly organized the second United Nations Chinese Day celebration on April 20th, 201. Under-Secretary-General for Public Information of the United Nations Kiyoshi Akasaka, Ambassador Li and his wife Lu Hailin, Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations, Ambassador Peng Keyu, Consul General of China in new york, and diplomats and staff from various countries to the United Nations will attend the ceremony. The United Nations website and Sina Weibo reported the celebration ceremony live at 6: 30pm new york time on April 20th (6: 30am Beijing time 2/kloc-0).