The large screen at the entrance of the exhibition continues to play the propaganda film of the Beijing Winter Olympics produced by the Central Radio and Television Corporation
International Online Report (Reporter Li Min) In order to welcome the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics and the Spring Festival of traditional Chinese festivals, the "Walking with the Beijing Winter Olympics" Thai young children's painting exhibition was recently launched in Bangkok. Children in Thailand painted their hearts about the Beijing Winter Olympics.
The "Walking with the Beijing Winter Olympics" painting exhibition of young children in Thailand, co-sponsored by the Chinese Embassy in Thailand, the Chinese Tourism Office in Bangkok and the Ministry of Culture of Thailand, recently held an opening ceremony at the Ratcha Dannong Modern Art Center in Bangkok. The exhibition incorporates elements of the Happy Spring Festival, happy Spring Festival posters, and festive Chinese knots to decorate the exhibition hall in a colorful way. The event not only conveyed the Thai people's yearning for the Beijing Winter Olympics, but also brought good wishes for the Spring Festival, a traditional Chinese festival.
Nacha, a Thai primary school student who won the second prize, presents her work
The 180 works exhibited in this exhibition are all winning works in the "Walking with the Beijing Winter Olympics" Thai Young Children's Painting Competition held in Bangkok in September 2021. The winning representatives said that they were very much looking forward to the Beijing Winter Olympics, and they put their good wishes for the Winter Olympics into the paintings.
Cute paintings by Thai children
First prize winner Pichada introduces the creative process
The work that won the first prize in the junior group was titled "Beijing Winter Olympics Together to the Future", and the author was 17-year-old middle school student Pi Chada, who told reporters about the creation process of the painting. "I haven't been to China, but I was very interested in the Winter Olympics in China, so I went online to search for information about the Beijing Winter Olympics and created this work. I wish the Beijing Winter Olympics a complete success, and I wish every athlete to harvest their own satisfactory results and move forward together to the future! ”
Second prize winner Nacha, an 8-year-old elementary school student whose work is titled "The Miracle of the Beijing Winter Olympics," told reporters: "I like the ice piers and snow melting, so I painted them in my paintings." ”
At the opening ceremony, Chang Yumeng, Cultural Counsellor of the Chinese Embassy in Thailand, and Boones, Director of the Department of Contemporary Art and Culture of the Ministry of Culture of Thailand, presented the Beijing Winter Olympics mascots "Ice Pier" and "Snow Rongrong" as New Year gifts to the winners. Chang Yumeng, Cultural Counsellor of the Chinese Embassy in Thailand, said: "China and Thailand are like one family, and it is through our children's paintbrushes that we express our heartfelt wishes to the opening of the Beijing Winter Olympics, and also express our good inheritance and blessings for the friendship between the Chinese and Thai people through our common wishes." ”
The winners took a group photo with the organizers
Boones, director of the Department of Contemporary Art and Culture of the Ministry of Culture of Thailand and director of the Modern Art Center in Ratcha Dannong, Bangkok, said that there is no winter in Thailand, and children must use their imagination, innovation ability and hard work to learn Chinese culture in order to create. "It's really not easy for children to show the Winter Olympics through artistic imagination. Their works reflect the cultural integration and deep friendship between Thailand and China, conveying the expectations for the Beijing Winter Olympics, and each work is very creative and wonderful. The whole world is paying attention to the Beijing Winter Olympics, and I believe that this Winter Olympic Games will be very grand and successful. ”