Local artists create on-site Zhang Minxia Courtesy photo
Shijiazhuang, 5 Jan (Xinhua) -- The "100 Painters Paint the Winter Olympics" activity sponsored by the Organizing Committee of "Cheering for the Olympics" concluded in Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province, on 5 January. Yang Chengzhi, member of the 9th China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, Vice Chairman and Secretary of the Secretariat, and Shi Jianwei, Secretary of the Party Group and Vice Chairman of the Hebei Provincial Federation of Literary and Art Circles, and other local artists participated in the event, and many artists created Chinese paintings on the spot, expressing the joy of welcoming the Beijing Winter Olympics and the Chinese New Year.
Qi Haifeng, director of the China Artists Association, member of the party leading group and vice chairman of the Hebei Provincial Federation of Literary and Art Circles, and chairman of the Provincial Artists Association, said that it is necessary to carry out literary and artistic creation around major events such as the Beijing Winter Olympics, and tell the Story of China and Hebei well.
Three paintings by the artist Zhang Minxia Courtesy of Zhang Minxia
Wang Suyuan, the leader of the "100 Painters Painting the Winter Olympics" activity and the general manager of Yuanqi Art, said in his speech at the scene that since the launch of the "100 Painters Painting the Winter Olympics" activity, he has successively walked into Sichuan, Inner Mongolia, Guizhou, Guangxi, Yunnan, Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei to interpret the exchanges and mutual learning of Chinese and Western civilizations through a series of brushstrokes and ink Danqing, showing the vigorous development of China's cultural and sports undertakings.
At the event site, the artists collaborated in groups to create two landscape paintings and a flower and bird painting. Han Feng, vice chairman of the Hebei Provincial Artists Association, said: "Several of us created this work called "Vientiane Gonghe", I painted the plum blossom part, I hope to encourage the Olympic athletes through the plum blossoms, I hope that they can achieve good results in the Winter Olympics." The Winter Olympics is not only a place for competition, but also a platform for peoples to connect with all countries, and our "Vientiane Gonghe" also expresses this meaning. ”
Yan Jinglong, vice chairman of the Hebei Provincial Artists Association, said: "As an artist in Hebei Province, we have also visited the venues of the Zhangjiakou Winter Olympic Games many times to sketch and collect style. In today's painting "Silver Dragon Flying and Dreaming of the Winter Olympics", I depicted the scene of the snowy mountains in the snow sports competition venue of the Winter Olympics. ”
Artist and guest attending the event Zhang Minxia Courtesy photo
Wu Aihua, the general manager of the "Cheer for the Olympics" project, said that the "Cheer for the Olympics" project is a large-scale sports and cultural project officially approved and authorized by the International Olympic Committee, with the support of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee and the guidance of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles. "100 Painters Paint the Winter Olympics" hopes to let the world feel our passion for ice and snow through the perspective of Chinese art, and share the ice and snow feast in Beijing in 2022. On the occasion of the Beijing Winter Olympics, the "Cheer for the Olympics" project will continue to carry out richer activities adhering to the concept of "spreading the Olympic spirit and carrying forward traditional Chinese culture". (End)