Today I joined a really International Seminar, which was held by the Lung Yingtai Cultural Foundation. It attracted around 200 listeners there, including 50 foreigners from different countries. I was very impressive of such a “Globalization” and the topic, A German/Swiss Perspective, today. There were two speakers and one moderator in the seminar. One was Jürgen from German Cultural Center and another was Hans-Peter from the Trade Office of Swiss Industries. Then, the moderator was Professor Lung fromTsing Hua University. I wrote an abstract and some comments from this seminar. If you have some feedback, please feel free to share with me. I’d like to know it. Regards as the speech, I have three comments according to their opinions today. First, it’s about German’s identity of their country. The German director told us that German is very proud of their culture. In particular, the patriotism has become very popular since world cup 2006. They hanged their national flags on the street during the match season. Some people were so touched by the scene because their really “German” was back. Compared to Taiwan , it seems much similarity. Our baseball pitcher, Mr. Wang, won 19 games in the MLB (Major League Baseball). We are also very proud of his achievement. Some people even went to the U.S to support him. If you can’t go to the U.S., you might watch the sportscasts in front of TVs. If you can understand the feeling, then you will know why German was crazy about the World Cup. Therefore, I agree the German Speaker’s sharing. It can help us to find our Patriotism. Secondly, there are many languages, such as German, Italian, French, in the Switzerland now. Hans-Peter told us that some people speak Swiss German, which is one kind of dialect, at home but they teach children in High German in school. Some people speak French or Italian. Thus, they make a multi-culture society. If you know its history, you may find that it is neutral country and confederation in the world. The variety of culture makes them very unique. Although they speak German, or other language, they still call itself Swiss. It’s the same situation in Taiwan. We have different people who speak Mandarin, Taiwanese or Hakka. However, regarding to the nation consideration, it’s still a complicated problem now. I believe that if we have more confidence in our future, then the name of real country is not a significant answer for us. Finally, professor Lung mentioned an important global view. That is, we should face the past. Chinese says that Japanese killed many people in World-War Two and they don’t want to recognize it. How about the Tibet and the Culture Revolution? Taiwanese always says that Chinese killed many people in 228 incident. How about the aboriginal? Who are really innocent? She wants us to reflect ourselves. If we keep blaming other people, the problem will become worse and worse. German can face their guilty and learn the lesson so that they accept the world. If we still limit our view and don’t face the past, then we only can live in a small world like a frog inside a well. How do you think about their opinions? Maybe you have different views. Please share your thoughts with me. If I have something wrong, including the grammar error, please tell me directly. ^.^
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