The 8thNingbo International Tea Culture Festival was held on the Friday 6th May. Around eight international students participated this activity and had a great time. This is so far the 4th i-Volunteer activity organized by Business School in this semester.
After arrived at the Ningbo International Exhibition Center, the photographers and news reporters took lots of pictures of us. There were many visitors passing around and the faces of the foreign students attracted their attention.
A lot of stalls were set up in the hall showing the tea from all over China. At around 9 o'clock straight, the international students attended the tea ceremony training. The tea experts showed the proper way to make and drink the green tea. After that, the foreign students had a chance to draw beautiful sketch or caligraphy over a bowl of green tea. Some students made cool paintings over it, and some others wrote a certain specific Chinese characters on the top of the tea. Alina Lin, a person in charge for documentation from NBU, took lots of pictures for the international students during this activity.
After finished lunch, the students continue to look around for some tea tasting. Handi, William, and Bekhruz went to a tea store specially serving tea imported from Laos. The tea master told them about the tea drinking culture in China and many more general knowledge about different tea types in China.
The international students went back to NBU at 2:30 pm. Although this time there were not so many students participating on this event, but it was still fun. The 5th i-Volunteer activity is around the corner. More details will be released soon.
