Today is the 13th "Chinese Day of the United Nations" and the sixth of the 24 solar terms - Gu Yu. It is said that on this day, Cang Jie, the "ancestor of Chinese characters", wrote a book and "it rained heavily, and ghosts cried at night". In order to commemorate Cang Jie's contribution to the creation of characters, the United Nations Department of Public Information (now the Department of Global Communications) announced in 2010 that April 20 of each year will be designated as the "United Nations Chinese Day".

According to incomplete statistics, the number of people who are learning Chinese outside China is about 25 million, and the cumulative number of people who are learning and using Chinese is nearly 200 million.

Zhao Yang, a professor at the School of Chinese Language Teaching at Peking University, said in an interview that Chinese is one of the oldest, most beautiful and most populous languages in the world.

"Chinese is a very beautiful language in my heart" "I feel that the way of expression is particularly rich" "Chinese is the language that impresses me most" In the interview, many foreign friends expressed strong interest in learning Chinese.

Zhao Yang told reporters that Chinese is an important carrier for spreading Chinese culture, which can enhance the world's understanding of China and help promote the "going global" of Chinese culture.

Behind the cultural output is cultural confidence. We should tell the world a good story about China.

"Storytelling is a dialogue, not a monologue; it must be a story, not a reason." Zhao Yang believes that it is particularly important to actively understand the audience's psychology, the culture behind the audience and trigger empathy among the audience. Tell more stories about ordinary people and daily life. Such stories can reach the soul and soul directly.

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