Eighteen students from six African countries including Zambia, Sao Tome and 
Principe, Liberia, Equatorial Guinea, Kenya and Zimbabwe became students of the 
latest martial arts training class in the Xiqing District of north China's 
Tianjin, also known as the hometown of legendary martial arts master Huo 
Yuanjia. Organized by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, the class kicked off 
in Tianjin Huo Yuanjia Civil and Military School on July 24, according to the 
publicity department with Xiqing District, Tianjin.

During the three-month study in the district, these African students will take 
lessons about China's traditional culture in addition to martial arts training. 
Courses including Chinese calligraphy, Yangliuqing folk painting, paper folding 
and paper-cutting, and basic Chinese will help them understand Chinese culture.

Tianjin Huo Yuanjia Civil and Military School has been supporting the 
ministry's African culture project by sending selected martial arts teams to 
South Africa, conducting exchanges and performances in countries including 
Tanzania, Namibia, Mauritius, Seychelles and Zimbabwe. The African students 
martial arts training class, first launched in 2013, has trained nearly 200 
foreign martial arts students in six years. The project, designed to promote 
friendship via martial arts, provides a platform for martial arts learners from 
all over the world for exchanges and improvement. It has built a new bridge for 
cultural exchanges between China and Africa as well as facilitating 
cross-border cultural exchanges.

Source: The Publicity Department with Xiqing District, Tianjin

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   Caption: The latest martial arts training class, organized by the Ministry 
of Culture and Tourism, kicked off in Tianjin Huo Yuanjia Civil and Military 
School on July 24.