Marjorie Nadal, the student from Intermediate Painting Course at Confucius Institute at University of Mauritius won the Best Skill Award at 2022 Chinese Bridge Chinese Proficiency Competition for Foreigners across the Globe. The Calligraphy and Painting Challenge was organized by the Centre for Language Education and Cooperation in China. Her painting entitled “The Moon My Friend” echoes the theme of Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival and the interpretation of the work is that the full moon nestled in the pine trees is like a jewel in the night sky. ‘Her’ rays penetrate the soul, thus soothing the feeling of loneliness and reminiscent of homeland.
2022 Chinese Bridge Chinese Proficiency Competition for Foreigners across the Globe-The calligraphy and painting challenge has two categories: Mid-Autumn Festival and Spring Festival. For the Mid-Autumn Festival category，the challenge has attracted a total of 496 entries from 471 valid submitters in 68 countries. After the review process by professional judges and the supervisors’ committee, 5 Best Skill Awards, 5 Best Presentation Awards, 5 Most Creative Awards and 5 Most Potential Awards were chosen by a panel of judges. The works are posted and exhibited on the official event page of the 2022 Chinese Bridge Chinese Proficiency Competition for Foreigners across the Globe-Calligraphy and Painting Challenge (http://bridge.chinese.cn/shz/), in the Chinese Bridge WeChat subscription account, and in a special column of China Daily Website (https://cn.chinadaily.com.cn/5b753f9fa310030f813cf408/5bd80379a3101a87ca900243/shuhua).
‘The Moon My Friend’ by Marjorie Nadal, Sept 2022