Xinmin Evening News (Reporter Jiang Yuezhong) Sponsored by the Shanghai Public Diplomacy Association and co-organized by the Shanghai Academy of Calligraphy and Painting and the Shanghai Folk Writers Association, the "Friendship Art Home" cultural salon was established yesterday, which is a new platform for foreign friends to learn, understand, appreciate, and experience traditional Chinese culture. Zhou Hanmin, vice chairman of the Shanghai Municipal Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and president of the Shanghai Public Diplomacy Association, and Li Jun, president of the Shanghai Academy of Calligraphy and Painting, jointly inaugurated the "Friendship Art Home" cultural salon.
The picture says: The "Friendship House" cultural salon was established yesterday. Photo by Lin Weiping (same below)
Zhou Hanmin introduced in his speech that in addition to the theme of Yingchun folk culture, "Friendship Home" will also hold Chinese calligraphy, Chinese painting, Chinese clothing, Chinese folk music, and some other tangible culture and intangible cultural heritage activities from time to time, so that friends can observe, experience, understand and interpret the profound connotation and heavy heritage of Traditional Chinese culture at close range. ”
Pictured: The theme activity of folk culture in Yingchun was held
In the theme activities of Yingchun Folk Culture, the observation and experience of Chinese intangible cultural heritage were arranged, and a total of 4 kinds of skills were exhibited, including Chinese painting, Chinese calligraphy, paper cutting, and clay sculpture. Zhang Guoen, painter of the Shanghai Cppcc Calligraphy and Painting Institute and painter of the Shanghai Juequn Calligraphy and Painting Institute, is the fourth generation of Mr. Wu Changshuo, who in addition to demonstrating for everyone, also brought his own works, among which, the Chinese paintings of "Fruitful And Fruitful Years" were presented to the "Friendship Home" collection.
According to Li Wenhui, director of the Shanghai Municipal Committee for Friendship with Foreign Countries, this year, in addition to the "Friendship Home" cultural salon, the association will also hold a number of cultural activities. From April to May, the Yangtze River Delta Regional Public Diplomacy Association will jointly hold a Chinese painting, Chinese calligraphy, photography contest for foreign friends and a touring exhibition in the Yangtze River Delta region, and in May, it will hold a Chinese traditional culture into the campus and a Chinese speech contest for foreign students coming to China. During the year, the association will also hold several cultural exchange activities with some consulates in Shanghai.