Good Luck Beijing summer camp closes (photos attached)

Updated：2007-08-15

(BEIJING, August 14) -- The four-day summer camp of the 2007 Good Luck Beijing sport events drew to an end on Tuesday and the participants were excited about their experience in the host city of the 2008 Olympic Games.

Over 300 students and teachers from 17 countries and regions spent an unforgettable time in Beijing.

On Tuesday evening, they treated each other to a wonderful performance in which they displayed their artistic gifts. The songs of the Beijing June 1 Elementary School Choir and the dances of the Kenyan and Congo students drew peals of applause from the audience, in which there were many fellow campers.

Calligraphy works, Chinese paintings, clay figurines, paper-cutting pieces, instantly-made kites and many other traditional handicrafts made by local students impressed the visitors from afar.

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Earlier in the morning, the campers ascended the Badaling section of Great Wall. A "mini-expo" brought together the art works and other typical things of the participants. African students showed beautiful sculptures of African giraffes and hippopotamuses, while costumes of Indian students delighted the eyes.

Beijing Hujialou Central Elementary School passed on its skills of waving auspicious Chinese knots to its Spanish partner school, and visitors from Riga Mezciema Elementary School of Latvia learnt martial arts from their counterparts of Hongzhi High School.