In order to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, praise the party's great achievements, and display the achievements of calligraphy art in our province, on November 10, sponsored by the Jiangsu Provincial Calligraphers Association, the Propaganda Department of the Xuzhou Municipal Party Committee of the Communist Party of China, and the Xuzhou Federation of Literary and Art Circles, the "Ink Fragrance Centennial" - Jiangsu Provincial Cursive Works Exhibition was grandly opened at the Li Keyan Art Museum.
Liu Canming, vice chairman and secretary general of the Provincial Book Association, delivered a speech and announced the opening of the exhibition; Huang Zhengming, vice chairman of the Provincial Book Association, read out the list of outstanding authors of the exhibition; Ai Xinjian, deputy director of the Propaganda Department of the Municipal Party Committee; Guo Kaifen, chairman of the Municipal Federation of Literature and Literature, presented awards to outstanding authors; Wang Peng and Shen Shifeng, members of the party group and vice chairmen of the Municipal Federation of Literature and Literature; Wang Bingcheng and Peng Naili, researchers at the fourth level of the Municipal Federation of Literature and Literature; and Xue Yan, vice chairman of the Municipal Federation of Literature and Literature, attended the opening ceremony. The winners and authors of this calligraphy exhibition, calligraphers from our city and provincial and municipal news media attended the opening ceremony. The opening ceremony was presided over by Ma Ya, vice chairman of the Provincial Book Association and chairman of the Municipal Book Association.
In his speech, Liu Canming pointed out that the "Ink Fragrance Centennial" -- Jiangsu Cursive Works Exhibition held in Xuzhou this time is one of the series of activities of the Jiangsu Provincial Calligraphers Association to celebrate the 100 th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, and it is to encourage Jiangsu calligraphers to combine the art of calligraphy with the famous sayings, poems, quotations, and party history of outstanding communists since the founding of the party since the founding of the party, to create fine works, to review the glorious course of the CPC in the past hundred years through the unique art form of calligraphy, and to fully display the brilliant achievements of the CPC in the past century. A gift to the centennial birthday of the Party.
In his speech, Guo Kaifen stressed that at present, we are in an important period of a new journey of comprehensively building a modern socialist country and an important stage in accelerating the construction of a "strong, rich, and high" new Xuzhou, and the stage for literary and artistic undertakings and literary and art workers is broad and promising. It is hoped that the vast number of calligraphers in Xuzhou will take this as an opportunity to vigorously carry forward the "five atmospheres", promote the construction of the "five Xuzhous", highlight the creation and production, and continuously strengthen the support of calligraphy creation talents. Focus on the theme of the Chinese Dream era, carry forward the main theme of patriotism, show new responsibilities on the original source, achieve new deeds in shouzheng innovation, devote more enthusiasm and more fiery passion to the practice of high-quality cultural development, and strive to compose the "Han style huazhang" of Xuzhou literature and art in the new era!
Jiangsu has a profound cultural heritage, and many calligraphy schools and calligraphy masters have appeared in the history of calligraphy. Such as Zhang Boying, who is well-known at home and abroad, Gao Ershi, Lin Sanzhi and so on. The level of calligraphy creation in Jiangsu has always ranked among the best in the country, and Xuzhou, as the first batch of "Chinese calligraphy cities" in the country, has always been famous in the national book world for its regional calligraphy style of Beixiong Nanxiu, especially in the creation of cursive calligraphy. The exhibition of cursive works in Jiangsu Province was held in Xuzhou, which added a cultural connotation to the business card of Xuzhou 'Famous City of Chinese Calligraphy' and wrote a strong stroke of color for the construction of "Calligraphy and Painting Xuzhou". The exhibition has been highly concerned by the provincial calligraphy community, since the launch of the call for papers in June this year, a total of 1568 works have been received, and a total of 10 excellent works, 10 excellent nominated works, 97 works have been selected through the preliminary evaluation, re-evaluation and final evaluation by the expert judges, and the overall quality of the works is high, the content is good, and the form is elegant, which fully reflects the highest level of cursive creation of Jiangsu calligraphy and highlights the profound cultural heritage of Jiangsu calligraphy.
The calligraphers of various cities in the province who participated in the exhibition took root in the province and were deeply rooted in the times, full of affection to reflect the historical changes of the times with pen and ink, and wrote the spiritual map of the times. These works closely focus on the theme of celebrating the centenary of the Communist Party of China, and vividly show the Chinese story and Chinese spirit of the people of Jiangsu who, under the leadership of the Communist Party of China, have made unremitting efforts to realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation in the form of calligraphy. In terms of artistic expression and style, the works in the exhibition are mainly cursive calligraphy, the style is strong and heroic, vigorous and flexible, and the spirit of the times of Jiangsu calligraphers is interpreted with the power of the crowd, showing the noble literary and artistic feelings and superb artistic standards of the calligraphers, presenting a huge system dedicated to the centenary of the founding of the party, a feast to promote traditional culture, a spiritual feast showing the charm of calligraphy, and a wonderful activity that flows into the long river of calligraphy history.
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China. A hundred years of glory, a hundred years of spring and autumn. Calligraphers in Jiangsu Province have always insisted on not forgetting their original intentions, profoundly grasping the pulse of the development of the times, integrating the study of party history into the creation of calligraphy art, recalling the vicissitudes and glory of the past century with pen and ink in their hands, praising the chapters of the century-old prosperity, and spreading the positive energy of the times, which fully reflects the responsibility of Jiangsu calligraphers for the times with great righteousness, concern for the people, and responsibility. This exhibition is held at such a node of great significance, which has a profound connotation for the development of Jiangsu's calligraphy industry, and will surely promote the prosperity and development of Xuzhou's calligraphy industry.
The exhibition runs until November 15. ( Xu Fang, Liu Shuailiang / Wen Wang Tiejun / Photo)