The German Youth Painting Competition "Welcoming the Beijing Winter Olympics and Painting Beautiful China" was successfully held

The winning works are selected for the photo courtesy of the China Tourist Office in Frankfurt

Berlin, January 26 (Reporter Peng Dawei) reporter learned on the 25th that with the announcement of the winners of the German Youth Painting Competition "Welcoming the Beijing Winter Olympics and Painting Beautiful China" on the same day, the competition that lasted for nearly two months came to a successful end. The painting competition was jointly organized by the Chinese Tourist Office in Frankfurt and the Huayin Chinese School, and German teenagers enthusiastically submitted their contributions, and the competition received more than 120 paintings of various types.

Sun Congbin, Consul General of China in Frankfurt, sent a congratulatory letter for the competition, saying: "This year, China and Germany will usher in the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations. Over the past half century, the sino-German partnership in the fields of high-level exchanges, economic and trade cooperation, education and culture has developed steadily, and friendly exchanges between the peoples of the two countries, especially young people, have become increasingly close. This is not only a valuable asset of Sino-German friendship, but also lays a solid foundation for enhancing the understanding and mutual learning of future generations and promoting the sustained, healthy and stable development of bilateral relations. Culture and art is a window for understanding a country and a nation, and it is also a link between countries and countries. The Chinese Tourism Office in Frankfurt and the Huayin Chinese School jointly held the painting competition, encouraging young artists to use their brushes to depict the colorful and beautiful China in their hearts, which not only showed the yearning and blessings of German teenagers for the Beijing Winter Olympics, but also conveyed everyone's enthusiasm and vision for approaching China and perceiving China. ”

"Beijing is my hometown, and even though I've been away from the city for years, I still love her deeply. At the same time, like my classmates, I am extremely proud of the upcoming 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. Zhou Jie, principal of Huayin Chinese School, told reporters that Beijing has a long history, a majestic Great Wall, a brilliant Forbidden City, and has now become the world's first "City of Double Olympics", and her body is full of pride and glory! Chinese elements, Winter Olympic elements and Beijing elements have formed more than 100 creative paintings under the brushes of the students, expressing the innocent and beautiful artistic conception and reflecting the students' support and blessings for the Beijing Winter Olympics! Through the international language of painting, the students let all Chinese and foreign audiences feel the strong atmosphere of the Beijing Winter Olympics.

Professor Liao Xiangrong, who served as a judge of the competition, was one of the main creators of the creative team of the mascot ice pier for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, and in his message to the young players, he wrote: "The spiritual works of the young artists from all angles pin their blessings on the success of the Olympic Games! As the Winter Olympics approach, I wish all the young artists to uphold the Olympic spirit, show themselves and make better works. Together to the future! ”

Sascha Haoming Nittka, a student who participated in the painting competition, said: "I would like to send my best wishes for the Success of the Beijing Winter Olympics from Frankfurt, Germany! I like Chinese hospitality and hope to go to China again as soon as possible to experience Chinese food and culture. Come on for the Beijing Winter Olympics! ”

According to Chen Hongjie, director of the Chinese Tourism Office in Frankfurt, the painting competition is one of the theme series of activities of "Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics Culture Global Tour", which was launched at the beginning of last year, through the "Window of the Winter Olympics", "Winter Olympics on the Clouds" and other forms, to promote the progress and characteristic work of the Preparation of the Beijing Winter Olympics to the German people, promote the international dissemination of Chinese ice and snow culture, Great Wall culture, spring festival culture, tell the story of the Winter Olympics and China, and aim to create a good external atmosphere for the Beijing Winter Olympics. Further enhance the international attention and influence of the Beijing Winter Olympic Games. He said that this year China and Germany will usher in the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations, people-to-people exchanges are an important part of the relations between the two countries, young people are the hope for the future of the two countries, the office looks forward to taking this painting competition as an opportunity to open a new chapter in Sino-German youth cultural exchanges. (End)