American youths' amazing encounter with Chinese culture

Members of a delegation of high school students from the U.S. state of Washington experience China's school life at Shenzhen Nanshan Foreign Language Senior High School in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, March 25, 2024. (Xinhua/Mao Siqian)

BEIJING, March 29, 2024 (Xinhua) -- During the 11 days from March 17, a group of 24 American high school students visited Beijing and other Chinese cities as part of the exchange and study program that would invite 50,000 American youths to China over the next five years.

Members of a delegation of high school students from the U.S. state of Washington visit Wudang Mountain, a sanctuary for the Taoism martial art, in central China's Hubei Province, March 22, 2024. (Xinhua/Wu Zhizun)

Members of a delegation of high school students from the U.S. state of Washington learn traditional "fist and palm" salute on Wudang Mountain, a sanctuary for the Taoism martial art, in central China's Hubei Province, March 22, 2024. (Xinhua/Wu Zhizun)

A member of a delegation of high school students from the U.S. state of Washington shows her brush calligraphy work at Zhixin High School in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province, March 24, 2024. (Xinhua/Lu Hanxin)

Members of a delegation of high school students from the U.S. state of Washington practice Tai Chi, one of the traditional cultural classics, on Wudang Mountain, a sanctuary for the Taoism martial art, in central China's Hubei Province, March 22, 2024. (Xinhua/Wu Zhizun)

Members of a delegation of high school students from the U.S. state of Washington experience China's school life at Shenzhen Nanshan Foreign Language Senior High School in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, March 25, 2024. (Xinhua/Mao Siqian)

Members of a delegation of high school students from the U.S. state of Washington visit Wudang Mountain, a sanctuary for the Taoism martial art, in central China's Hubei Province, March 22, 2024. (Xinhua/Wu Zhizun)

Members of a delegation of high school students from the U.S. state of Washington and students from Shenzhen Nanshan Foreign Language Senior High School plant trees at Qianhai Bay in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, March 25, 2024. (Xinhua/Mao Siqian)

Members of a delegation of high school students from the U.S. state of Washington try paper-cutting at Zhixin High School in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province, March 24, 2024. (Xinhua/Lu Hanxin)

A member of a delegation of high school students from the U.S. state of Washington poses for a photo in traditional Chinese attire at Zhixin High School in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province, March 24, 2024. (Xinhua/Lu Hanxin)

Members of a delegation of high school students from the U.S. state of Washington watch a chef making dessert at the White Swan Hotel in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province, March 24, 2024. (Xinhua/Lu Hanxin)