Esperanto creation date, Qingdao hundred people held a celebration

What is Esperanto? On July 26, 1887, Zamenhof, a Polish doctor who studied in all languages, created a man-made language based on the Latin language and published Esperanto First Book at his own expense. Esperanto was created to achieve "barrier-free communication" among all ethnic groups. He hoped that human beings would use Esperanto to achieve mutual understanding among nations, eliminate hatred and war, and achieve equality. Since then, people have set July 26 as Esperanto Creation Day. In the early 20th century, Esperanto was introduced to China by Russian traders, Japanese students and Chinese students in Western Europe.

There is a language, Cai Yuanpei founded the school for people to learn; Lu Xun had part-time use of this language teaching, this is Esperanto. This international language, created in 1887 by Polish ophthalmologist Dr. Zamenhof, was once the most popular and was hailed as "International Mandarin." In the hot foreign language learning of the 1980s, Qingdao also had an upsurge of learning Esperanto and was also a leading city in the country with very brilliant achievements. However, with the passage of time, due to the popularization of English and the demand and rise of small Korean and Japanese languages, Esperanto has lost its "useless point." Compared with the thousands of students who enroll frequently at that time, there are currently only a few dozen Esperanto speaking people Many young people do not even know Esperanto at all.

Esperanto, "I love Esperanto."

Qingdao will speak nearly a hundred Esperanto

Yesterday was the 129th anniversary of the founding of Esperanto. To celebrate this festival, Esperanto writers in Qingdao gathered to celebrate. Yesterday, with the introduction of Wei Bing, a Qingdao Esperanto writer, reporters attended the gathering. Wei Bing was not only one of the earliest people who learned Esperanto in Qingdao, but also a member of the International Esperanto Association and a member of the All-China Esperanto Association.

According to Wei Bing introduction, Qingdao Esperanto history, dating back to 1912. At that time, China Esperanto Association set up a office in Qingdao. Early 30s of last century, Lu Zhongtao, Ji Huanlin and other predecessors to organize young people to learn Esperanto, learning Marxism-Leninism books, discuss politics, learn from literature and art. Between summer and fall in 1983, Qingdao Esperanto Friends Association was established. Wei Bing also served as the official representative of Qingdao City, respectively, participated in the Seventy-first International Esperanto Conference, the Second International Esperanto Science and Technology Conference and the Fourth Pacific Esperanto Congress. Although Esperanto flourished, it became less commonplace because it was a foreign language for all. "Most of the Esperanto training courses stopped after 1998, when there were so many Esperanto speaking places in Qingdao, and now there are only about a hundred people," said Wei Bing.

Due to lack of a diploma in Esperanto and almost no Esperanto jobs in society, Esperanto is also an important international communication tool. However, most international occasions use English as their main working language, so young people are very much Less school. However, Wei Bing believes that from an academic point of view, Esperanto will never lag behind. After he retired, he planned to resume the study of Esperanto study. The next step would be to use international exchange centers to engage in international exchanges with Esperanto. "Esperanto has its advantages. People who want to learn can use Esperanto's" Hope "to teach themselves. Because Esperanto is easy to learn, you can get started in a month and learn by yourself." Wei Bing said.

Esperanto is a family

"Esperanto speakers spread across dozens of countries around the world to build a sparse yet warm network that, for Esperanto speakers, is sometimes more like a family affair, connecting people together." In the Pacific that year Mr. Zhong Tao, member of the Esperanto Organizing Committee, told reporters that when people speak a common language, Esperanto people will feel like they are relatives. Zhong Tao said that once a Esperanto speaker in Qingdao was meeting in Europe for his work, he sent an e-mail to local Esperanto speakers in advance. When he arrives in Italy, Esperanto locals are all over. They have also made detailed travel expeditions and they lined up to travel with him. It's strange to meet with him, how he has so many friends in Italy.

Wei Bing told reporters in Esperanto hands there will be a copy of the International Esperanto Association issued a booklet detailing the various countries or regions, City Espeluation Association contact information. This booklet is updated every year and Esperanto is called Yearbook. The Almanac clearly states who you can contact with in which city, what kind of hospitality he is willing to offer, whether paid or unpaid, accommodation or meals.

Esperanto has been passed on to young people. "In the second semester of the second semester, our school came to a new Japanese foreign teacher who was then president of Esperanto Asia Commission and gave us a course called" Esperanto in Japanese. "" Graduated from Zaozhuang University Zhao Xiaojian said he has occasionally touched Esperanto and likes the language very much, but Esperanto has never heard of most of the latter 90s.

Esperanto classes all over the island

In the 1980s, when he returned from Beijing, Wei Bing caught up with the craze for studying Esperanto all over the country. According to statistics, the total number of people studying Esperanto at that time was as high as hundreds of thousands in the whole country. "Esperanto learners from all walks of life such as peasants, workers, cadres, doctors, teachers, and youth, are experiencing soaring enthusiasm to learn Esperanto in different ways." Wei Bing laments: It was a time of passion and burning. Qingdao Shinan Club, Taipei City Night Club, Shuimogou Club, Cangkou Club, Laoshan District, Development Zone and many other areas have Esperanto classes, people who learn Esperanto together to learn exchange. Wei Bing is also devoted to Esperanto teaching, and later went to the night school at Qingdao University, Ocean University and the School of Chemical Engineering (now Qingdao University of Science and Technology) as a teacher. "Why did so many people learn Esperanto at that time? It has its own time factor. In the early 1980s, just after the reform and opening up, we must understand that foreign countries and Esperanto are the bridges of friendships with friends from all over the world. To this end, a community of learning foreign languages Esperanto, Esperanto, Esperanto are one of the languages. "Many night school applicants who teach Esperanto are very enthusiastic.

Later, more and more Esperanto learning enthusiasts in Qingdao, Esperanto in Qingdao to vigorously promote and promote, in 1986, a large number of enthusiastic Esperanto enthusiasts actively planning, in Qingdao Institute of Chemical Technology (now Qingdao University of Science and Technology) Vice President Mr. Ding Xian and former leaders of Esperanto enthusiasts and relevant departments in various urban districts of Qingdao formed Qingdao Esperanto Association, which was the first Esperanto organization in Qingdao since the reform and opening up. "Our Association has set up free Esperanto workshops at enterprises, institutions, factories and other places. There should be hundreds of Esperanto learning activities during its heyday!" For nearly thirty years, the Association of Esperanto Peak era, Wei Bing face still could not conceal some fascinated. "At that time, there were more than 1,000 active members who received monthly Esperantores from all over the country and from all over the world. According to incomplete statistics, hundreds of Esperanto-speaking countries from all over the world who have received only civilians for more than a decade Thousands of people for the city's foreign cultural exchanges, foreign publicity made a significant contribution.

Use Esperanto to travel the world

In Qingdao, from 1984 to 1992, people were most enthusiastic about their studies, but Esperanto actually applied them in the decade from 1988 to 1997. Wei Bing told reporters that in those years, they often went abroad to participate in international activities and went to Australia, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Norway, Russia, South Korea and other more than a dozen countries, and to go to these countries to participate in activities are Esperanto . "It is a wonderful thing to travel around the world in Esperanto and we can do it by ourselves without translation." Wei Bing told reporters that he was in 1995 when he came to South Korea for cultural exchange work. Esperanto exchanges with people from all walks of life in Korea have received very good results.

During the two months in South Korea, Wei Bing recorded all his experiences in Esperanto and wrote a random record in South Korea that records in detail Korean customs, culture, education, society, etc. that he himself learned through Esperanto Wait.

Because of its relationship with Esperanto, Wei Bing received many people from all over the world during the 80s and 90s of last century. This was an exciting event at that time. In 1983, he personally received the invitation from Ocean University of China Lalifevwen, a marine expert from the organization, Lalifevine, loves to speak Esperanto, and they have come to a close at the turn of the year. After South Korean President Park Geun-hye announced his inauguration, Wei Bing also congratulated President Park Geun-hye on portraits by prominent South Korean figure painters, through the President of the Association of World Languages ​​in South Korea.