Amid the refreshing autumn breeze, elegant cultural charm endures. On the evening of September 20, the 2026 Taizhou University Chinese Classics Recitation Event was held on Linhai Campus, in order to deeply explore the cultural connotations and contemporary value of Chinese classics, and help teachers and students to appreciate the beauty of rhythm and the power of thought in language. Cai Haijiang, Member of the University Party Committee and Director of the Publicity Department, along with heads of relevant departments and deans of the university’s schools, attended the event.
Hosted by the University’s Teacher Development and Education Evaluation Center, this recitation event was organized by the School of Humanities and Zhejiang Language Promotion Base (Taizhou University), and co-organized by Jin Niya Studio, Taizhou Teachers’ Recitation Art Troupe, Wenling Recitation Association, the Affiliated Middle School of Taizhou University, and Zheshang Primary School. The event aimed to deepen the promotion and popularization of the standard Chinese language, and build an integrated classic recitation platform spanning primary schools, secondary schools and universities, which can cultivate cultural confidence and patriotic commitment to family and country among teachers and students.
In his speech, Cai Haijiang, on behalf of the university, extended a warm welcome to the guests and expressed sincere thanks to the teachers and students who had carefully prepared for and enthusiastically participated in the event. He pointed out that language is the carrier of civilization, and classic recitation is an important way to carry forward the cultural lineage, nurture roots and forge the soul. With its profound connotations, the theme not only highlights the contemporary significance of promoting the standard Chinese language, but also provides an important opportunity for the university to educate people through culture and language. He stated that the university’s language promotion base has yielded some desirable results, with its functions covering multiple dimensions such as language promotion, cultural inheritance and innovation, paired educational assistance to Xinjiang, and rural cultural revitalization. Now it is continuously expanding the practical paths for language and culture to serve national strategies and local development. Represented by the studio led by Jin Niya, the university continues to promote the deep integration of classroom teaching and extracurricular learning, achieve remarkable results in cultural education and practical innovation, and make Chinese classics perceptible, recitable, and transmissible on campus.
At the event
The recitation event was divided into two parts—“Passing On Classics with Refined Language” and “Reciting New Passages to Promote Standard Chinese”. Amid melodious ancient music, the first part started.Winners of the Zhejiang Provincial College Students’ Chinese Classics Recitation Competition took the stage first. Jin Ziyan and Sun Yinmo took the audience across a thousand years with works “Raising My Cup to the Moon” and “On the Pond”. Chen Sumin and other students from TU recited “The Orchid Pavilion Preface”, fully displaying the elegance of the winding waterway. Guo Kexin, Ma Ruitong, and the international student Yahui respectively gave renditions of “Drinking Wine”, “Waves Washing the Sand”, and “Spring Dawn”, demonstrating the eternal charm of Chinese classics that transcends time, space, and national borders. Teacher Wang Kaiyi from Taizhou Teachers’ Recitation Art Troupe delivered “Memorial on the Expedition” with every word resounding. Teachers Yang Zhen and Chen Jiale jointly performed “Ode to the Red Cliff”. The children of the Guangwen Recitation Club of Linhai Zheshang Primary School vividly performed “Dreaming of Tianmu Mountain: A Parting Song” in tender voices.
At the event
The second part started with “My Land, My Hometown” performed by teachers and students of the Affiliated Middle School of Taizhou University, unfolding rich local sentiments and memories of home and country. Liu Mengqi and Dai Feiyue from Taizhou University delivered speeches titled “The Opera from the Soil” and “A Huzhou Brush Inherits Classics, Time Flows Like Water and Renews Me”, vividly interpreting the contemporary connotations of cultural inheritance from local art and traditional cultural lineage.Wenling Recitation Association presented “Zhao Yiman’s Letters”, seeking the answers to original aspirations and faith from a revolutionary martyr’s family letters. “Lotus Lake”, performed by Taizhou Teachers’ Recitation Art Troupe, reminded the audience of the past years by demonstrating the resilience and optimism of the soldiers and civilians of Baiyangdian during the War of Resistance against the Japanese Invasion. Yuzhilin Club of the Affiliated Middle School of Taizhou University turned to family affection with “Lantern Sacrifice” and “The Old Sailor’s Song”, conveying profound and warm humanistic sentiments. “Blooming”, presented by Shen Jiabei and other students from TU, pushed the event to a climax by singing an ode to the blossoming of life and times, displaying the spirited and uplifting mental outlook of teachers and students in the new era.
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The event was not only an audio-visual feast, but also a vivid large-scale ideological and political lecture. Using recitation as a carrier, the event has effectively enhanced teachers’ and students’ awareness and practical ability in using the standard Chinese language, and further cultivated their patriotic commitment to family and country. In the future, TU will continue to promote Chinese classics recitation activities by innovating styles and enriching connotations, and make fine traditional Chinese culture take on fresh vitality and vigor on campus.
