Chinese Language Day at the UN ( Chinese. 中文 日 ) is a holiday celebrated annually on April 20 [1] . The holiday was established by the UN Department of Public Information in 2010 "to celebrate multilingualism and cultural diversity, as well as to promote the equitable use of all six official languages throughout the Organization" [2] . The date of April 20 was chosen in order to "pay tribute to Tsang Jie , who is supposed to have invented Chinese writing about 5,000 years ago" [3] .
The first day of the Chinese language was celebrated in 2010, November 12 [4] [5] , but starting in 2011, it is celebrated annually on April 20, which roughly corresponds to the beginning of the month in the Chinese calendar of the Qin Dynasty [6] . The word “huay” literally means “rain of millet” [6] .
See also
- International Mother Language Day
- UN official languages
Notes
- ↑ UN launches new initiative to promote multilingualism . United Nations News Center, February 19, 2010. Consulted on 2017-03-17
- ↑ Department of Public Information to Launch 'Language Days at the United Nations' United Nations Department of Public Information, February 19, 2010
- ↑ , News Release UN celebrates Chinese Language Day with art and exhibitions . Consulted on 2011-04-23.
- ↑ Jingbo Huang. Chinese Language Day celebrated at HQ on Friday, 12 November (link not available) . deleGATE - iSeek for Member States (November 11, 2010). Date of treatment July 26, 2011. Archived on September 27, 2012.
- ↑ First-ever Chinese Language Day celebrated at UN , Xinhuanet (November 13, 2010). Archived November 16, 2010. Date of treatment July 26, 2011.
- ↑ 1 2 United Nations Chinese Language Day . United Nations. Date of treatment July 26, 2011.