ATA AWARD CELEBRATION - HCA HUS Thursday 12.12.24 11a.m.
A warm welcome to the Andersen Teacher's Award –to you ATA winners from China and Denmark, and to all of you who have traveled the long way from China to Odense. A warm welcome to you too.
A special welcome must go to Mr. Dong Ruixiang, who for many years tirelessly has fought for his vision of getting kindergarten teachers and school teachers from China to Denmark to learn about the Danish values and not least to learn about our Danish world-famous poet H.C. Andersen, his life and the wisdom of his fairy tales.
Dong has worked closely with Nordfyns Folkehøjskole, in particular with former headmaster Mogens Godballe, who is also a member of the ATA committee.
And a big thank you must go to director Henrik Harnow from Museum Odense, who has extremely hospitably made it possible so that we can hold this award ceremony here in the Memorial Hall in the old part of H.C. Andersen's House.
The house was partially demolished a few years ago,and built new with a completely different concept for more than DKK 50 million US dollars designed by Japanese star architect Kengo Kuma.
Several ATA winners from China could not come this time due to visa and other problems. But they are so warmly welcomed in Odense another time.
Nor should it prevent us from having a wonderful experience here in the Memory Hall, where we will hand out diplomas to the ATA winners and celebrate with a glass of champagne, which H.C. Andersens Hus so hospitable has poured into the glasses.
And now I will ask the 6 ATA winners and Henrik Harnow to come up here and stand in a nice row.
And then we will start the award ceremony.
Now you will hear:
Recipients of the Hans Christian Andersen Award, China receive this award because the result of their work is carried out in the spirit of the poet and fairy tale writer Hans Christian Andersen in terms of creativity, passion and dedication, which for the poet were important clues throughout his whole life.
Figuratively speaking, he went from being born in a duck yard as The Ugly Duckling, but it doesn't matter if you have been lying in a swan egg and over the years became the lovely chalk-white swan himself.
From the very beginning, his work has been for the joy and benefit of children and adults, indeed for all people all over the world.
Dear ATA-winners, as co-founder of ATA, and on behalf of the ATA committee, I congratulate you for your “creativity, passion and dedication” in your daily work in your schools and kindergartens and for the inspiration and wisdom you have found in Andersens life and fairy tales, which you have shared with your children.
I hope you will continue to help the children to grow up in a safe and happy childhood and in this way help the brotherhood of mankind by bringing hope and peace to this unbalanced world, a world that need less war and more love and more understanding between people from different cultures.
Andersen travelled more than 9 years of his life, mostly in Europe, and it is said that a traveller is not the same person after a journey. I hope all the impressions that you ATA winners from China and Denmark get from this journey, will bring more understanding between our two nations.
Maybe tomorrow morning or even tonight, maybe you look in your mirror and if you see a white swan,
you know that something, some magical has happened. Smile to your swan, and do it for the rest of your life.
We often think of Andersen as the children's poet, the adventurers are for children, many would say, but no, the fairy tales contain so many nuggets of gold, so much wisdom that you can become wiser by reading them throughout your life.
Reading aloud to children is important, whether it is kindergarten teachers or school teachers reading aloud.
But there is another group of adults who are important,and it's the parents. They have a great responsibility for telling fairy tales and other vital stories to their children.
So let's think for a moment about Andersen's father and mother – Anne Marie and Hans. In honor of them, the ATA committee hereby presents a diploma and a gift to HCA Museum director Henrik Harnow. Congratulations.
And let's congratulate each other with a glass of champagne.
Cheers and congratulations!
中文译文：
ATA 奖项庆祝活动 - 安徒生博物馆纪念厅 周四 12.12.24 上午11点
来自中国和丹麦的安徒生教师奖获奖者，以及从遥远的中国来到奥登塞的ATA考察团成员，欢迎你们。
特别欢迎董瑞祥先生，他多年来不知疲倦地为他的理想而奋斗，让中国的幼儿园教师和中小学教师到丹麦学习丹麦的教育理念，特别是学习丹麦著名诗人安徒生的生活和童话里的智慧。
董瑞祥与北菲茵学院密切合作，特别是与前校长摩根密切合作，摩根也是ATA委员会的成员。
非常感谢来自欧登塞博物馆的亨利克·哈诺馆长，他非常热情地为我们提供了在安徒生博物馆纪念大厅举行颁奖典礼的机会。
几年前，安徒生博物馆被部分拆除，重建资金超过5000万美元，日本明星建筑师隈研吾主持了新馆设计。
由于签证和其他问题，有几位ATA获奖者这次无法来到丹麦参加这次活动。但我们非常欢迎他们以后有机会再来欧登塞参加颁奖活动。
但这不影响我们在安徒生纪念大厅里产生一个美妙的体验，我们将向ATA获奖者颁发证书，并用香槟来庆祝他们的获奖，香槟杯子里面装的是安徒生博物馆的热情与好客。
现在，我要请6位ATA获奖者和亨利克·哈诺上台，请站成一排，然后我们将开始颁奖典礼。
董瑞祥、本尼与四位中国获奖人胡华、赵兰会、高建丽、彭玉生，丹麦获奖人安徒生父母代表亨利克、Mette代表摩根、Michael代表约翰
现在你会听到：
安徒生教师奖的获得者，你们在中国获得这个奖项是因为你们的工作体现了诗人兼童话作家安徒生的那种精神-即创造力、激情和奉献。这正是安徒生一生最重要的生命特点。
打个比方，安徒生是一枚天鹅蛋，即使他在鸭场里出生，看起来像是一个丑小鸭，但那又有什么关系呢，历经岁月，它终于变成了可爱的白天鹅。
从一开始，安徒生的作品就给孩子们和成年人带来许多快乐和利益，惠及了全世界的人们。
亲爱的ATA获奖者，作为ATA的联合创始人，我代表ATA委员会，感谢你们与孩子们分享了从安徒生的生活和童话故事中获得的灵感和智慧，祝贺你们在学校和幼儿园日常工作中所发挥的“创造力、激情和奉献精神”。
我希望您们能继续帮助孩子们在安全和快乐的环境中成长，并通过这种方式提升人类的兄弟情谊，为这个动荡的世界带来希望与和平，这个世界需要减少战争，不同文化背景的人们之间需要增加爱和理解。
安徒生的旅行生活长达九年，足迹踏遍了欧洲，他说旅行可以改变人生。我希望来自中国和丹麦的ATA获奖者从这次旅行中获得的感受，将给我们两国之间增添更多的相互理解。
也许明天早上甚至今晚，也许当你照镜子时，你会从镜子里看到一只白天鹅，那就是你自己。你知道，一些神奇的事情已经发生。请对镜子里的天鹅微笑，天天如此，保持自信。
我们常认为安徒生是孩子们的诗人，他的冒险故事是写给孩子们的。但并非如此，童话故事中蕴含着许多金子般的智慧，坚持阅读，我们这些成年人都会变得更加智慧。
无论是幼儿园老师还是小学老师都应该给孩子们大声朗读安徒生童话故事，这是一件很重要的事情。
父母们也应该承担起向孩子讲述童话和其他好故事的重大责任。
让我们花一点时间想想安徒生的父母——玛丽和汉斯吧：为了纪念他们，ATA委员会特此向安徒生博物馆馆长亨利克·哈诺颁发证书和礼物。
恭喜安徒生父母获得特别纪念奖。
让我们用香槟来互相祝贺，干杯！
