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A scholarly lecture trend sweeps

(CRI)
Updated: 2006-11-15 17:16





People are listening to a lecture on psychology [Photo: sina.com.cn]


Let's go to a lecture! In Beijing, attending public educational lectures
given by scholars is becoming something of a cultural fashion, similar to
how theatre-goers can feel uncomfortable if they miss even one drama.
While theatre brings entertainment to its audiences, lectures bring their
devotees knowledge, confidence and happiness.

Even the chilly November wind in Beijing fails to stop people's footsteps
moving from one scholarly lecture to another. Attending these lectures
has become a way of life.

Wang Zhikun, 55, has a well-planned-out timetable for cultural lectures.
Saturday morning, Peking university; Sunday morning, the National Library
of China, and the Science & Technology Museum; Sunday afternoon, The
Capital Library... Wang usually goes to four or five lectures a week.

Ms. Tian, 44, in addition to taking notes for the lectures, will also
record them. "My son described me like this: I am either listening to the
lectures, or on my way to the lectures."

On campus, students are not lagging behind in this trend. "The importance
of lectures is even greater than having classes."

"Society not only needs entertainment," one internet user, A Sen, wrote
on his blog. "The many varieties of lectures bring spiritual
satisfaction, and what's more, they also broaden people's horizons,
teaching them to learn and be able to explain all kinds of cultural
phenomena on the shoulders of scholars."











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