"Chinese Bridge" Paper-Making Experience Activity for Teachers and Students of Confucius Institute at Assumption University of Thailand

日期：2025-09-30 | 阅读次数：

To thoroughly implement the "Pioneer Plan" and further enhance the influence of the university’s light industry disciplines, on the morning of October 21, 2024, the College of Light Industry Science and Engineering of Tianjin University of Science and Technology (TUST) warmly received teachers and students from the Confucius Institute at Assumption University of Thailand, as well as leaders and teachers from TUST’s School of Humanities and Law who accompanied them. A half-day paper-making experience activity was organized. This activity not only showcased China’s ancient paper-making techniques to international teachers and students but also highlighted TUST’s unique advantages as a university with distinctive light industry disciplines.

During the visit, Vice Dean Liu highlighted the college’s "cultural relic-level" equipment—a small fourdrinier paper machine made in Germany in the 1950s. This equipment is not only well-preserved but also still in normal operation. After learning about its history, the teachers and students expressed admiration for the college’s careful maintenance of the equipment and its profound professional heritage. At the end of the visit, Vice Dean Liu also personally instructed the students on how to use a rapid sheet former to make paper. During the production process, the students used gifts from nature in autumn—leaves and petals—to create unique paper products. While operating carefully, everyone not only felt the delicacy and sophistication of the paper-making process but also experienced the profound connotation of paper culture.