STOCKHOLM, Feb. 5 , 2010 -- Students from the Nordic Confucius Institute in Sweden's capital city Stockholm and China's Beijing Sports University (BSU) celebrated China's Tiger Year in Stockholm Culture Center on Friday.

More than five hundreds students and teachers from Chinese classes in Stockholm's middle schools came to see the performance by four Swedish and 20 Chinese college students.

The Swedish students showed their perfect Chinese and passions to Chinese culture through music and songs. They sang some popular songs in Chinese, such as "I love you China", "Deskmate" and "Love ".

Students from BSU who are visiting Sweden brought beautiful dances of different minorities in China and Chinese Wushu, such as three-section cudgel and Taiji. During the performance, they also taught some Swedish students who were interested in Taiji Soft Ball to experience the balance between human body and ball.

"I've learned Chinese for three years, but never celebrated spring festival before," said Erik Ablamsson, who studies Chinese in a middle school in Stockholm. His teacher Hakan Friberg told Xinhua that he liked eating Chinese food together with some friends in Chinese restaurants here in Sweden to celebrate Chinese new year.

"There are more and more Swedish people who would like to study Chinese and learn about Chinese culture now. It's really a good thing," said Torbjorn Loden, director of the Nordic Confucius Institute.

China's ambassador to Sweden Chen Mingming also attended the performance. He said he wished that the Year of Tiger would bring the Swedish students and teachers happiness, prosperity and success.