向韩国企业推介徐州

　　旖旎的古黄河上结了一层薄薄的冰,河道两畔常有夜跑的市民,以及端着棋盘寻找对手的老者。作为一个喜爱中国文化并已经在徐州定居八年的外国人,我也时常在此与他们对弈。

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　　我与徐州这座城市结缘,还是因为幼年时代在爷爷那里看到了漫画版本的《三国演义》,因为对这部著作的痴迷,还是孩童的我查阅了无数与《三国演义》相关的史料。

　　那时候我就对爷爷说:“要是我能看懂原著该有多好啊?”

　　爷爷回答:“那你就去学中文吧。”

　　现在想来,不经意间的一次对话,竟彻底地改变了我的人生轨迹。

　　随着我对中国和中华文化研究的深入,越发喜爱这个国家和她的文明。在我的成长这个期间,中国的国际影响力也在不断提高,其经济力量更是强大得惊人!

　　一个拥有14亿人口的文明古国,能够在如此短暂的时间内迸发出这样的活力和拼劲,深深地震撼了我。

　　不知不觉,幼年时代那颗懵懂的种子,逐渐发芽,成长,居然也开出了一朵关于“中国梦”的花。

　　我很清楚,我要去中国,我希望能跟上这个伟大国度发展的步伐,实现我的梦想!

　　毕业后,我即刻收拾行囊来到中国,兜兜转转的,去了许多个城市,几乎看遍了中国的景色。一直以来,我最向往的就是唐朝的故都长安,甚至现在我提起西安,还是坚持用韩语里的古词——长安。可是真的到了中国,了解了中国,才知道,最初的最初,第一个强盛的朝代——汉朝,竟是从一个原来不知道的城市开始的。我来到徐州,首先是因为交通方便,徐州是自古以来的交通要道,“兵家必争之地”足以证明她地理位置的优越,铁路和机场都已经非常完善。而那一次的来访,结下了长久的情缘,徐州的历史、文化、美景、美食、风俗、人情,深深吸引了我,一晃多年过去,我在这里读书、恋爱、毕业、工作、生活,并决定更长远留在这里生活下去。

获“彭城好人”奖

　　我热爱徐州,也希望更多的人来了解她。2010年,我创办了一个专门面向外国人的网站“徐州故事(韩网)”,网站主要介绍徐州的经济、文化(汉文化)、教育、还有生活的方方面面。我每天都会更新信息,甚至具体到哪家馆子好吃。有许多像我一样有中国情结的韩国人会来网站查看资料,他们中相当一部分就是因为网站内关于徐州的推广信息而来到徐州的,尤其是有留学计划的韩国留学生。时常会有想要来华投资的韩国人向我咨询徐州的情况,我都会不遗余力的给予帮助,并且已经促成了一些项目。

　　歪果仁的生活每天都有新鲜事,有惊喜、有差异,但总是收获满满的感动,文化不同,笑容都一样。我第一次在超市见到了中国的冬瓜,以前没有见过这种蔬菜,以为那是黄瓜。当时我想:“中国不愧地大物博,就连黄瓜都能长得这么大!”那时我还特地跟那冬瓜合影,然后把想法和照片都发到了朋友圈,结果被嘲笑到今天。一腔热情尝试购买“华为手机”的时候,没有想到的是,华为手机居然需要“抢购”,我定了闹钟,做好万全的准备,准时守在电脑前准备像大家一样抢购华为手机。结果当验证码出来的时候,我哭笑不得,因为那字体根本就不认识,文盲感满满的,结果努力了好多天,也没买到华为手机。不过最后我买了已经过气的款式,终于不用抢购了。第一次跟徐州朋友一起吃了金蝉,得知那是知了,终身难忘;第一次看到有人在卖徐州的小吃“蛙鱼”,吃完整碗没找到鱼;第一次在“彭城一号”吃田鸡粥,吃完被告知也不是鸡;还有蚂蚁上树也不是蚂蚁,松鼠桂鱼也没松鼠,东坡肉当然也不是东坡本尊啦……每一次这样的经历,都使我对这个城市、这个国家多一份了解,多一份热爱。

　　我的汉语也是在实践中百炼成钢。刚来韩国的时候,留着韩剧中的欧巴发型,去理发店剪头发的时候,我说:“请给我剪短一点。”结果却变成了自己噩梦中频频出现的服兵役时候的平头,这个惨痛的教训让我知道了,汉语中剪/短一点,和剪短/一点,效果是大不一样的。徐州人非常热情好客,喝上一场酒就称兄道弟了,在这里我感受到了很多温暖。刚开始的时候,分不清徐州人社交时经常用的一些“客套话”,也闹出不少笑话。有一次刚结识的徐州人跟我说:“过两天来我这喝酒。”我马上问:“后天几点?”哈哈,结果就是后天我们真的去喝酒了。

　　现在的我已经是一位徐州通,在这里有我的工作,有我温暖的小窝,有我相恋多年的女朋友,还有我已经生根发芽的中国梦。我希望能看着自己的中国梦开出漂亮的花,结出香甜的果。

　　作者:金昞俊(韩国)

　　(指导老师:周倩)

　　译文

The Story between Xuzhou and Me

KIM BYUNGJOON(South Korea)

On the ancientYellow River, a thin layer of ice covers; on the sides of the river, citizens run for exercisein the evening, and old men look for chess opponents. As a foreigner who loves Chinese cultureand has been living in Xuzhou for eight years, I often play chess here.

Because of a comic version of Roman of Three Kingdoms, I am connected with thecity of Xuzhou. When I was in my childhood, I saw thebook in my grandfather’s room and was obsessed with it. I referred to numeroushistorical materials related to Romance of Three Kingdoms.

At that time, Isaid to my grandfather, “If only I could read the Chinese version!”

My grandfatherreplied, “Maybe you can go to learn Chinese.”

Recalling to that, I never thought an inadvertentdialogue would completely change my life trajectory.

With my knowledgeof China and Chinese culturedeepening, I increasingly love the country and its civilization. During my period of growth, China’s internationalinfluence was also on the rise, and its economicpower was even stronger.

An ancientcivilized country of 1.4 billion peopleburst into such vitality and strengthin such a short period of time, which deeply shocked me.

Unconsciously, the seed in my heart comes out and finally blooms “Dream of China”.

Iwas well aware that I was going to China and I hoped that I could keep up with the pace of developmentin this great country and realize my dream!

After graduation, I immediately packed to come to China. I went to many cities, almost seeing all China’s scenery. All along, Chang’an, thecapital of the Tang Dynasty, was the most desirable place for me. Even now I call Xi’an as Chang’an, the ancientname of thecity in Korean. However, when I arrived in China, I got to know that, the Han Dynasty, ancientChina’s first powerfuldynasty, started from an unknown city, Xuzhou. I came to Xuzhou for some reasons. First, it has convenient traffic. Xuzhou has been a trafficartery since ancienttimes. It is a place of strategic importance, which is enoughto prove its superiorgeographicalposition. At present, the railways and airportare in good condition. The visitforged a long-lasting relationship. The history, culture, scenery, cuisineand local conditions and customs in Xuzhou deeply attracted me. Istayed here to study, have a love affair, work and live for one year, and I finally decided to settle here.

I love Xuzhou, and I also hope more peopleto understandit. In 2010, Istarted a website to introduceXuzhou to Koreans. The website’s name is “Xuzhou Story”, and it mainly introduces Xuzhou’s economy, culture (Han culture), educationand other aspects of life. Iupdatedetail informationevery day, sometimes specific to a restaurant’s name. Many Koreans who love China like me view the informationon the website. A considerable proportionof them was attracted by the promotion information, and came to Xuzhou, especiallyKorean students. There were also Koreans investors asking me about the situationin Xuzhou, and I spared no efforts to help them and have alreadycontributed to some projects.

As a foreigner in Xuzhou, my life is filled with novelty, surpriseand differences, and I am always moved. Different culturebrings about the same smile. The first time when I saw a Chinese white gourd in the supermarket, I thought it was a cucumber, “China deserves thereputationof having vast land and abundant resources, and even cucumbers grow so big!”Astonished, I took a photo with that white gourd and posted it online, thus being ridiculed since then. Huawei cell phone is popular in China, but I never imagined that I need “rush to buy”. Before buying Huawei cell phone, I set the alarm clock and made everything ready. But when the verificationcode came out, I was dumbfounded, because I did notunderstandthe font. It made me feel illiterate, and I failed to buy a cell phone in the end. I finally bought an outdated style of “Huawei”cell phone. In Xuzhou, I ate a cicada for the first time, and it was lifelongmemorable; I ate the “giant salamander”for the first time, a kind of Xuzhou snack, but to find no fish in the bowel; I ate the “tianji”(“ji”means chicken) porridgein Pengcheng #1 mall for the first time, but to know that “tianji”was not a kind of chicken, frog instead. I got aware that the name of a dish sometimes did not refer to the ingredients. For example, “ants in the tree”is withoutants; “fried squirrels and mandarinfish”is withoutsquirrels; “Dongpo meat”is not the meat of the famous poet Su Dongpo of the Song Dynasty. All these experiences make me know more about and love more this city.

My Chinese improves in practice. When I first came to China, I kept the Ouba hairstylein the Korean dramas. When I cut my hair in a Chinese barbershop, I said to the barber, “please cut it a littleshort.”The result turned out to be a nightmare, because my hair was cut extremelyshort, just like the hair of soldiers in service. This painfullesson let me know that, in Chinese, the pause and accent are so important. Different pauses and accentsin the same sentencehave different meanings. Xuzhou peopleare hospitable. Even after a single drink, they may treat you as a brother. In Xuzhou, I feel a lot of warmth. At the beginning, I could not tell the “courtesy word”, making some jokes. Once a Xuzhou person I got acquainted with said to me, “come to have a drink some day.”(Literally, come to have a drink two days later) I immediately asked, “what the exact time two days later?”In Chinese, “two days later”usually means some days later, and the invitationis just courtesy word. But this time we really went drinking two days later.

Now I am a “Xuzhou expert”. Here, I have a job, a home, a longtime girlfriendand the China Dream. I hope I can watch my China Dream come out with beautifulflowers and sweet fruits.