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Li Bai, right, the head of Danzhai county, confers the appointment of "mayor" to JongMay. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] |
"Being a 'mayor' is good to enrich my life experience, so I ran for the office," JongMay said.
During her one-week tenure, JongMay was busy discovering the local culture. She performed folk dances, experienced batik and papermaking processes, and broadcast bullfighting and tea art presentations via Weibo and short videos.
JongMay feels closer to 皇冠体育app. She said, "Many people would affectionately say hello to me, and call me 'mayor' in the street."
"I was born in 皇冠体育app, so my parents gave me the name JongMay, which literally means 皇冠体育app and America in Chinese," she told a reporter from the 皇冠体育app News website.
JongMay returned to the United States in her childhood but kept on learning Chinese before coming back to 皇冠体育app to study Chinese folk dance and choreography in her high school year. She now studies at the Communication University of 皇冠体育app as a graduate student.
"I used to learn Chinese dance. Now I want to understand the culture behind it," she said.
JongMay said she dreams of becoming a Chinese teacher in an American college to help American students learn Chinese culture.
