She has 21 years , a few months ago he returned from Barcelona , and today has awakened as the girl who speaks better Spanish than China. Yuqing Deng is the winner of the first contest that celebrated the Chinese national television , CCTV , to find the brightest person in the management of this language in the Asian country , which ended this weekend .
"No way I imagined it would be the winner ! " Exclaims Deng phone today , remembering the time when the national competition jury chose her as the winner on Saturday night , after being among the three finalists that were presented to 170 students from around the country and had to spend a " tough but interesting " evidence .
Among them - and as if the contest were The Voice , ' performing a song from Shakira, ' This is Africa ' , which she chose to stage talent , one of the first tests of this program where the contestants had to demonstrate their skills with the Spanish with some original proposal and that other fellow took to dance a quickstep or recite " Platero and I " by Juan Ramon Jimenez.
After singing , bending movies live or comment videos like the Madrid bid for the 2020 Olympics or the Inca culture in Peru , Gabriela Deng - or , as the Spanish name that she got to start Philology Hispanic in Beijing , which now is in his fourth and final year , rose on Saturday night as the winner of the prize: a trip to Peru for two, for about ten days.
With the same humble attitude that characterizes throughout the conversation , Deng talks about his two competitors , two young people, one of his own career at the University of Beijing Language and Culture , and the other , a student at Valencia, where he decided go to study and after starting with the Spanish at the early age of 12 years apart from English.
"They were much better than me , I think the only thing I might differ is that, as was so clear he would not win , I was less nervous ," said Deng , whose interest in Spanish was born after studying French and get to know the European culture .
" When it came time to choose a career opted for the Spanish to have another language and because the Spanish speaking population in the world is the largest after the Chinese, and is also one of the official languages of the UN," explains the student who intends to continue his studies to finish this language by teaching or work in another government entity , which , given the increase in their international relations increasingly needs more people who can speak several languages.
To increase your level , she does not rule out a stay abroad, as he was enjoying until this June in Barcelona, now longs .
And that is where the young winner gave a " boost " to his study of the language of Cervantes , talking to classmates, in school or on the street, where he also learned a word of Catalan as " bon dia " or " bona takes " .
"It was like a dream ," says the student, who between Mexico and Spain , decided to study the third year of studies in our country.
" We had three options : Barcelona, Santiago de Compostela and Almería . Barcelona I opted for because for the Chinese is the most famous , has important works of Dalí and is located on the Mediterranean ," said Deng , who took advantage of his stay to visit other Spanish cities such as Valencia in Fallas - time and where you fell in love with the ' ninots' - to Madrid in full National Day parade , which impressed him " riding the military ."
Now , the program allows you to continue your study of Spanish Peru to discover knowing what for her is " the unknown world of the Mayas and Incas " , but admits that he would like the trip did their parents.
" But, of course , need a translator " laughs Deng , who rejoices , not winning the first " Spanish Quiz " CCTV , but this was concluded .
" Before we had a contest official or as important in China on Spanish , English only . And I think that is transcendental : it makes people know that in China there are many people who speak this language , there is more interest , and the students here , it gives them an incentive . "
