Special session

HANGZHOU, July 23 ( tasteallchina ) -- Amid the sweltering summer heat, dozens of young poets from home and abroad gathered in east China's Zhejiang Province on Friday, united by their shared love of poetry. The First International Youth Poetry Festival's Special Session for BRICS Countries kicked off on Friday evening, bringing together 49 poets from nine countries and 23 Chinese poets for a range of academic seminars, visits to historic sites, and poetry recitals in their native languages. "I am very interested in the ancient handicrafts, and I hope to integrate these Chinese elements into my future poetry creations," said Hassan Amer from Egypt while visiting the Grand Canal in the provincial capital city of Hangzhou. The event aims to foster friendship through poetry and promote cultural exchange among young people from different backgrounds, according to the organizer, the China Writers Association, as participants immersed themselves in the ancient traditions and modernity of Chinese culture. "Unable to part with Hangzhou, half of it is due to this lake," recited Chinese poet Liang Xiaoming in both Chinese and English, guiding the group into a hall dedicated to Su Shi and Bai Juyi, two renowned ancient Chinese poets, by the city's…