Confucius Institute - USJ

🗞📸 In recognition of World Press Freedom Day (May 3rd), let’s explore 🇨🇳 Chinese vocabulary related to the journalism and press field, alongside key concepts surrounding freedom of the press.

🎥 📺 Discover new vocabulary, expand your perspective, and deepen your understanding while seeing how language connects to global issues.

Qīng míng jié or the "Tomb-sweeping day" is a time to honor ancestors, cherish memories, and welcome spring.
🌸 Families observe Qingming Festival by visiting the graves of their ancestors to clean and maintain them, offer food, tea or flowers, and burn incense or joss paper as a sign of respect. It is a moment of remembrance and gratitude.
☀️They also embrace the arrival of spring by going outdoors, flying kites, taking walks in nature, enjoying picnics, and spending peaceful time with family.

عيد فطر مبارك للجميع.

The Year of the Fire Horse🔥🐎 that started on Feb. 17, 2026 and ends on Feb. 6, 2027, is considered highly significant because it happens only once every 60 years in the Chinese zodiac cycle, it is a rare and powerful moment in the Chinese zodiac.
The last one was in 1966,making 2026 a true generational event.
It symbolizes boldness, passion, freedom, and rapid transformation. The horse’s natural strength and drive are intensified by the element of fire, creating unstoppable momentum for change.
Swipe to learn more about people born in the year of the horse, and to learn some more facts about the year of the fire horse 🔥🐎.
Don't forget to share this post with your horse friends!

On Friday, December 12, 2025, the Saint Joseph University of Beirut (USJ) and the Chinese Embassy in Lebanon signed a Memorandum of Understanding at the University Rectorate to support the renovation of the Confucius Institute on the Humanities Campus. The MoU was signed by H.E. Mr. Chen Chuandong, Ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to Lebanon, and Prof. Salim Daccache, SJ, Rector of the Saint Joseph University of Beirut.

This agreement marks a new step in the cooperation between USJ and the Chinese Embassy in Lebanon and reflects a shared commitment to strengthening cultural exchange and promoting dialogue between Lebanon and China through education, language, and cultural engagement.
To learn more about this milestone, check out the full article via the following 🔗 link https://www.usj.edu.lb/news.php?id=17395