November 17,2013 marked the 68th International Students’ Day. On this day, a cross-cultural exchange was held in a Foreign Students’ Activities Room in Beijng Jiaotong University, with the theme being “A Poet Digging Soul with his Pen—A Poetry Reading Session of Seamus Heaney” in memory of the late poet Seamus Heaney (1939-2013). Heaney was a famous Irish poet who received the Noble Prize for Literature in 1995. Over 40 professors and students from BJU(Beijng Jiaotong University), BISU( Beijing International Studies University ), BFSU(Beijing Foreign Studies University) and BICT ( Beijing Institute of Clothing Technology ) participated in the session, among whom were some foreign students from Kazakhstan, Mongolia, South Korea, Indonesia, Sudan, Cameroon, Mexico and Columbia.