On April 25th, the International Cultural Festival opened in Xiang'an Campus, which was co-hosted by the Management Committee of Xiang'an Campus, the  XMU Office of International Cooperation and Exchange, the Cultural Palace of Xiang'an District and other 8 colleges including the International College and the Medical College etc. The festival consisted of a series of wonderful activities like the first International the Water-Sprinkling Festival in Xiang'an District, the International Food Tasting Party and the gala "Splendid Xiang'an", aiming at enriching the campus culture, providing a stage for exchanges between Chinese and foreign students and increasing the social and international influence of XMU.

Mr.Gao Zhonghua, Deputy Secretary of the Party's Working Committee and Deputy Director of the Management Committee of Xiang'an Campus, Ms. Wang Yi, Deputy Director General of the XMU Office of International Cooperation and Exchange, Mr.Zheng Tongtao, President of the Overseas Education College and the International College, together with other leaders and professors and more than 500 Chinese and foreign students from XMU took part in this festival.

On the afternoon of the 25th, the distinguished guests inaugurated this festival and the first International the Water-Sprinkling Festival in Xiang'an District followed through. The exotic traditional Thai Dances triggered the passion of our fellow students. They splashed, spilled and sprinkled with washbowls and buckets, in this way expressing their wishes and sincere blessings to each other.

The International Food Tasting Party came in the evening. The unique specialties from various places of the world attracted more than 200 people. They just couldn't resist the sweet little cakes from Indonesia and Sandi Arabia, the luring egg roll from South Korea and the fragrant India "flying cake" etc. The dazzling dishes were gone in just 30 minutes. The people came from different places, but they talked, laughed and exchanged their own food and culture, enjoying a very harmonious and warm moment.

At the gala, students from China, Ukraine, Thailand, India and Angola etc. brought us wonderful performance including symphonic music, India yoga, Thai dances and other national songs etc. Their superb skills, delicate traditional costumes, dances and beautiful songs captivated the audience. At the end of the show, to the beat of African music, students from all over the world went on stage sang and danced. Different colors of skin, different languages and different cultures came together.

Many foreign students said that this festival has built an international platform to get to know the local conditions and customs of various places, taste the wonderful dishes from different places and feel by heart the care and hospitality from XMU to overseas students. They will seize the time in XMU, take full use of this international platform to know better and more comprehensively the Chinese culture.  

(Overseas Education College and International College)