The opening ceremony of the Sino-German Chinese New Year Reception and the exhibition "Journey to China - The Hidden Contemporary Ink painting of the Orient" was held in Berlin

Source: China News Network

Berlin, February 3, 2022 -- The opening ceremony of the 6th German Group Exhibition of Young Chinese Artists at the 6th Sino-German Youth Artists' German Group Exhibition "China Journey - Hidden Contemporary Ink painting in the Orient" was held at the Lions Palace in Berlin. More than 100 guests from the Chinese and German business, political, cultural and artistic circles and the media attended the event, including former Berlin Mayor Miller, President of the German Science Center Berlin Yuta Amenchole, representatives of the Hohenzollern family, bismarck family representatives, and The Chairman of Berlin Royal Porcelain, York. Waterman, several directors of national art museums, heads of Commerzbank Berlin, well-known bankers, and heads of more than 30 well-known companies such as DB Group, Gas Group, Lufthansa, Wuliangye, Samsung, Cartier, Berlin Royal Porcelain, and Oulubao Group.

Former Berlin Mayor Miller (second from right) attends the event courtesy of the organizers

Zhang Yu, the inviter of the event and founder of the public welfare organization de Chinese Exchange Foundation, said that the exhibition opened on the same day was one of the follow-up projects launched by the foundation seven years ago to support young Chinese artists, showing a total of 35 contemporary ink works of young Chinese artists. Many of the German guests present on the same day were also witnesses and witnesses to the steady development of exchanges between the two countries in the fields of diplomacy, economy, trade and culture in the past 50 years since the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Germany. We look forward to allowing more German people from all walks of life to experience Chinese culture and art at close range, feel the wonderful fusion of Traditional and Contemporary elements of China and the West, and celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Spring Festival and the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Germany.

Zhang Yu (third from left), the inviter of the event and founder of the German-Chinese Exchange Foundation, took a group photo with the guests

In addition to the lion dance performance full of New Year's flavor, modern pipa music and Chinese dance, exquisite oriental food and Wuliangye also became another highlight of the Chinese New Year cocktail party, attracting many guests to taste.

Exquisite oriental food and Wuliangye also became another highlight of this Chinese New Year cocktail party, attracting many guests to come to taste. Courtesy of the organizer

According to reports, the German Chinese Exchange Foundation will launch a series of large-scale activities to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Germany, including the "Love Storm" theme concert and the German Youth Online Panda Painting Competition. At present, the Foundation is also exploring with the German National Gallery the possibility of cooperating in the sino-German contemporary art exhibition at the end of the year, with a view to presenting Chinese contemporary art to the German people in a novel form and celebrating the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Germany. (End)