China Daily Network, January 12, 2022 On the occasion of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games, the opening ceremony of the exhibition of 100 works of calligraphy and paintings of the Yuanpei Cup of "Shuxiang Hanmo Welcoming the Winter Olympics" was successfully held on the afternoon of January 11, 2022 at the 798 Yue Art Museum in Beijing. This exhibition exhibits more than 100 calligraphy and painting works of young people who have won awards at the event. Zhao Zhiling, Chairman of Beijing Peiwen International Education Group, Wang Feiyue, Director of Yue Art Museum, Meng Dan Amanda, Secretary General of the Beijing Alumni Association of the University of the Arts London, an art support organization, and expert judges, experts from the education industry, cultural circles and other people attended the ceremony.
In order to welcome the Winter Olympics, cultivate students' patriotic feelings, strengthen the moral, aesthetic and physical qualities of students in the group's schools, and carry forward the core school-running concept of the group's "Peiyuan Solid Foundation, Literature and Humanization", Beijing Peiwen International Education Group launched the "Shuxianghan Ink Winter Olympics" Yuanpei Cup 100-themed calligraphy and painting appraisal exhibition from November to December 2021, allowing young people to use the brush in their hands to depict the Winter Olympics, imagine the Winter Olympics, express their patriotic feelings, and at the same time exercise their artistic creation ability, stimulate creative enthusiasm and imagination.
Origami Zhiling, chairman of Peiwen International Education Group, said that in this "YuanPei Cup" calligraphy and painting appraisal exhibition, the children used their enthusiasm, their unique perspective, and their overflowing talents to create hundreds of masterpieces. We are holding this event in the hope that the children can carry forward the Olympic spirit and use their own strength to participate in it.
Chairman of Peiwen International Education Group
Wang Feiyue, director of Yue Art Museum, said that Peiwen International Education Group's ability to organize and evaluate the winter Olympic works of its students reflects the group's unique vision, attaches importance to aesthetic education, and looks forward to things, which will inspire many other schools.
Director of Yue Art Museum Wang Feiyue
Professor Wang Shuguang of Peking University sighed that this activity provided a good platform for the children to obtain a beautiful education. Aesthetic education is a person's most basic quality, which can bring about an overall change in a person's life and life. This activity, from a deeper level, is to let the children get the influence of aesthetics. A person who has been influenced by aesthetics since childhood will have a higher probability of starting a happy life when he grows up.
Professor Wang Shuguang of Peking University
Meng Dan Amanda, secretary general of the University of the Arts London Alumni Association, said that the nature of this activity is a form of public welfare, and we call on the society to explore more young people with artistic talent and do not have high-quality social resources, and use our power to integrate more social resources, let them stand on a larger stage to show themselves, to create beauty, to discover beauty, and then give back to the society. It is reported that Meng Dan Amanda, who graduated from the University of the Arts London in 2019, is the curator of the exhibition at this event, and currently serves as the secretary general of the Beijing Alumni Association of the University of the Arts London, she is committed to serving and integrating high-quality resources to serve alumni, and promoting advanced art education, introducing the advanced Western education concepts she has learned into China, combining Chinese and Western cultures, and boosting the development of Chinese art education and quality education.
Amanda Meng, Secretary General of the University of the Arts London Alumni Association, and Public Welfare Curator
It is reported that the "Shuxiang Hanmo Winter Olympics" Yuanpei Cup 100 works theme calligraphy and painting appraisal activity has received positive responses from teachers and students from all over the country, and finally selected more than 100 excellent works from the entries of each school and sent them to Beijing in December 2021, and the jury will select them. The experts of the jury included: Mr. Zhang Jun, former Vice Dean of the School of Animation of Communication University of China, Mr. Wang Shuguang, Executive Deputy Director of the Institute of Industry and Culture of Peking University, Mr. Kang Shouyong, President and Editor-in-Chief of China Calligraphy and Painting Magazine, Mr. Li Jianfeng, a special project researcher of the School of Humanities of Tsinghua University, and Mr. Qin Wubo, Executive Dean of the Peiwen Calligraphy and Painting Institute of Peking University. Five experts made meticulous comments and comparisons on more than 100 calligraphy and painting works shortlisted, and finally selected 4 first prizes, 5 second prizes, 7 third prizes, and the rest of the shortlisted works were winners.
The Youth Public Welfare Exhibition with the theme of the Winter Olympics will last until the 15th of this month, and people from all walks of life are welcome to visit the exhibition and cheer for the Winter Olympics.