On May 22nd, The Second ‘Li Du Bei’ Chinese Poetry Competition of ECNUAS has been successfully held in our Theater. Gloria Gong, the Principal of ECNUAS; Rasika Khadun, academic and curriculum director; Qiu Chao, vice-principal; Vincent Xu, assistant principal; and Tang Jieying, headmistress of Kindergarten; Emma Yuan, Dean of Middle School has been the judges of this competition. Rain Xu, the Headmistress of Middle School has become the rater of the competition. The hostess of this competition is our Chinse Teacher——Christy Wu. And Wang Jianing, from East China Normal University, is the special guest that day.

There are two main part of this activity. First is the intense competition part, another is the talent show of our students.

For thousands of years, Chinese poetry has been the favorite type of literature for many in China as well as our students. How do you think about this treasure in our literature house? Did you feel the happiness or peace of the poets in them? Or find what we want and the same feeling in these classic poems?

The ancient Chinese has said, Reading up Tang poems of three thousand makes you able to intone them, even if you can't write nothing of them. Our ECNUASers has tried to feel the same of the poets through this activity, our unique way.

On the day of the competition, all the students and teachers has put on the Hanfu(Traditional Chinese clothing) to feel the long history of our country.

At last, the Group B, united by Lu Hongyu(G7B), Ge Xuanli(G7C), Yang Chunyi(G7C) and Li Yizhen(G6A) has win the Cup of Li Du Bei. They showed us the love of this charming literature and encourage all of us to discover the beauty of our Chinese Poetry.