□Our reporter Gui Xin Du Xiaowei Henan Daily all-media reporter Tong Lin
On the morning of June 19, local time, the Luxembourg Chinese Cultural Center was busy. As a highlight of the “Aerial Silk Road” Henan cultural tourism series, the “Chinese Characters” exhibition will be held here at 3 p.m.
While the reporter was speaking in broken English and struggling to communicate with Cassana, the little girl at the front desk from France, the glass door in the center was gently pushed open with a “squeak”, and a tall old man trembled. Walking in, he walked straight to the roll-up banner introducing the “Chinese Characters” exhibition. There was a band-aid on the back of his right hand, as if he had just received an intravenous drip.
The reporter and Cassana went up to see if they could help. The scene became awkward – the old man “majored” in German and had some knowledge of French, Kasana was proficient in French and basic in Chinese, and the reporter was professional in Chinese and wanted to speak foreign languages? Can’t mention it. After a lot of “constant gestures and guessing”, we finally figured out the old man’s purpose.
The old man’s name is Blacheck, an authentic Luxembourg resident. He will celebrate his 80th birthday at the end of the year. For this “Chinese Characters” exhibition, he made an appointment at the China Cultural Center very early. Unfortunately, due to physical illness, the old man made an appointment with the doctor at 2:30 pm. With regret and reluctance, Blacheck made a special detour to the center to take a look at the event.
“Have you been to China?” With the help of Kasana’s “two-mixed” translation, the reporter started chatting with the old man.
“Of course, I have been to China 10 times!” Blacheck said proudly. From the old man’s narrative, we learned that he is a retired engineer who has been invited by the government to work in China many times since the 1990s. “I have been to Beijing,” my grandmother and my father said. “Shanghai, Hangzhou, and Luoyang in Henan. The White Horse Temple and Longmen Grottoes are so beautiful!” he told reporters.
In order to participate in the launching ceremony of the “Chinese Characters” exhibition, Blacheck did a lot of “homework.” “I know that Henan is the earliest China and the birthplace of Chinese civilization.” He said that it would be a pity to miss the launching ceremony because everyone should love their daughters and like their parents unconditionally. I really regret that I was blind. Having loved the wrong person and believed in the wrong person, his daughter really regrets, regrets, regrets, but if the body allows, he plans to go to Henan again to make up for this regret with personal experience.
“Welcome to Henan!” the reporter told his mother about his intention to tell him. The invitation was issued, “Now Luxembourg has opened a direct route to Zhengzhou, Henan, and it takes only 9 hours.”
“Really? Great! Then I will put this plan on the agenda.” Blacheck said happily.