Guangzhou New Year, flower city to see flowers. This Spring Festival, the activities prepared by the Guangzhou Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall for the public are not only full of highlights, but also full of cultural charm!
On January 25th, the launching ceremony of the 2022 Spring Festival series of theme activities of Guangzhou Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall "Spring Festival Liusui Bay Yimantang" and the opening ceremony of the "Chunman Bay Area - Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Artists Alliance Presidium Invitation Exhibition" were officially held. As one of the highlights of Guangzhou's New Year activities, guangzhou Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall's spring festival series of theme activities not only include a master calligraphy and painting exhibition that brings together 20 famous artists from Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao, but also an upgraded version of the "Flower City Four Seasons Flower Viewing Map" debuted, as well as the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Bonsai Boutique Exhibition, The Natural Science Exhibition, the "Exhibition of Intangible Cultural Heritage Charm and Enjoy Cultural Vitality" activities, etc., so that Guangzhou citizens can enjoy the cultural feast at their doorstep without leaving home, and feel the infinite charm of the culture and art of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
At the launching ceremony, Guangzhou Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall adhered to the purpose of "facing the future, strengthening cooperation, complementing each other's advantages and common development", and carried out the signing ceremony of the "Hall + School" strategic cooperation framework agreement with the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, the School of Architecture and Urban Planning of Guangzhou University, the Conservatory of Music of Guangdong University of Technology and other institutions, respectively, to form a strategic alliance on cultural relics protection, culture and art, etc., to further unite the school and social forces, and strive to broaden the channels of students' teaching practice, so as to achieve mutual benefit and two-way win-win. Pi Xiaocai, professor and soprano singer of Xinghai Conservatory of Music, sang "Spring Dawn" at the launching ceremony and sang the song of hall-school cooperation with a beautiful song.
Highlight of the New Year 1: The exquisite paintings of famous masters in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao are surging with emotion
Masterpieces, exquisite! The most eye-catching of the spring theme activities of the Guangzhou Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall is the "Chunman Bay Area - Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Artists Alliance Presidium Invitation Exhibition" exhibited in the History Exhibition Hall, which brings together 20 famous artists from Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao, with a total of more than 30 works including calligraphy, Chinese painting, oil painting, sculpture, etc., which can be described as star-studded, showing the profound achievements of the artists in the Greater Bay Area and expressing the surging feelings for the mountains and rivers of the motherland.
It is worth mentioning that this exhibition has received widespread attention and support from the Chinese art community, and Xu Li, secretary of the party group and vice chairman of the China Artists Association, personally wrote the title of the exhibition. The Chinese painting "Smoke Clouds at the Bottom of the Pen" by Xu Qinsong, former vice chairman of the China Artists Association, the oil painting "Dance" by Wang Xiaoshu, chairman of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Artists Alliance, and the works created by Hong Kong and Macao painters such as Situ Naizhong, a master of the Lingnan School of Painting in Hong Kong, and Shi Jun, a famous oil painter in Macao, were all unveiled. In addition, there are many exquisite paintings created by young representatives of the Greater Bay Area that also bring people an artistic shock that strikes the heart!
New Year Highlight 2: The upgraded version of the "Flower City Four Seasons Flower Viewing Global Map" to see the beauty of the flower city
After seeing the buildings and exhibitions with profound cultural charm, the "'Flowers in Front of the Eyes' Natural Science Popularization Exhibition" will make people feel the fresh green side of Guangzhou Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall. The natural science popularization exhibition is displayed on the west platform of the park, the exhibition starts from the ecological construction of Guangzhou, tells ecological small stories, appreciates the spring flowers of the sheep city, and sends people's humanistic feelings about the beauty of ecology to you and me. At the same time, it also launched the "Hear the Flowers Blooming Plant Doctor" to welcome the Spring Festival science popularization activities and carry out interactive games.
In the natural science exhibition, the biggest highlight is the first appearance of the upgraded version of the "Flower City Four Seasons Flower Appreciation Map", which displays the flower viewing map of Guangzhou city according to the changes of the four seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter, and provides a flower viewing guide for citizens and tourists. Here will lead the audience to taste the fun of "the flowers of the four hours are different, and the fun is endless", and feel the background of the city where the flower city does not fly flowers.
The science exhibition also has a "plant + cultural creation" innovative integration display area, displaying the first green plant cultural and creative product of the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall - Jinxiutang Cai (vermilion red wax seal flower ball). Splendid Tangcai does not need soil plants and water to nourish, does not need to take care of, does not need to be a flower pot to become a scene of its own, is a souvenir full of vitality.
Chinese New Year Highlight 3: The Bonsai Exhibition exhibits rare Kapok bonsai for the first time
Also on display at the same time as the fine art exhibition is the "'Bay Yi Man Tang' Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Bonsai Fine Exhibition". When the art of painting and the art of bonsai meet and merge, the artistic conception of "three-dimensional painting, silent poetry" arises spontaneously.
In recent years, Guangzhou Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall has actively responded to the call of "jointly building a humanistic bay area" to build a cultural exchange platform and achieve cultural integration with the Greater Bay Area. The award-winning bonsai of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area was exhibited for the first time in the History Exhibition Hall of sun yat-sen memorial hall, among which the rare kapok bonsai brought a unique Lingnan cultural and artistic enjoyment to the public and tourists.
Particularly eye-catching is the work "Spring Color of Mountains and Forests" presented in the form of elm trees and stones, which won the gold medal in the 2020 Shenzhen Greater Bay Area Bonsai Competition and the gold medal at the 2nd National Youth creative Bonsai Exhibition in Linyi, Shandong.
New Year Highlight Four: The cultural inheritance of "Non-Heritage Scenic Spots" is waiting for you to experience
During the Spring Festival, Guangzhou Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall will also bring the "Intangible Cultural Heritage into scenic spots" cultural inheritance experience activities to further promote the excellent traditional Chinese culture and increase the public's awareness of the protection of intangible cultural heritage.
From January 25 to February 15, a series of guangzhou clay sculptures, Guangzhou paper-cutting, Guangzhou Xicun kiln, rural revitalization Guizhou intangible cultural heritage skills such as maple incense dyeing, batik dyeing and silk people will be displayed to citizens and tourists in the main building corridor.
On the day of the event on January 25th, Guangzhou Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall invited guangzhou clay sculpture and Guangzhou paper-cutting, two inheritors of Liwan intangible cultural heritage skills, to give a lecture on the spot, and through the display of works and interactive experience, let the citizens and tourists participating in the activity learn to make, learn art on the spot, and experience the charm of intangible cultural heritage at close range.
Text/Guangzhou Daily, Xinhuacheng Reporter: Quan Jie Correspondent: Chen Xin
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Guangzhou Daily Xinhuacheng Reporter: Quan Jie Correspondent: Chen Xin
Guangzhou Daily Xinhuacheng Editor: Zhang Yingwu