RedNet Moment News, March 11 (Correspondent Hu Xiang) On March 11, the "Green Olympics • International Culture and Art Exchange Exhibition" series of activities sponsored by the China International Cultural Exchange Center opened at the Beijing Olympic Tower, where the Winter Olympic Torch Welcoming Ceremony was held. Shu Yong, director of the China Artists Association and a famous artist, was invited to participate in the exhibition with the series of works of "Together to the Future" with the theme of "Olympic Games".
Shu Yong explained the work "Together to the Future" to Yu Zaiqing, vice president of the International Olympic Committee and vice chairman of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics Organizing Committee.
Shu Yong poses with Yu Zaiqing, Vice President of the International Olympic Committee and Vice President of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics Organizing Committee.
The event received great attention from the President of the International Olympic Committee, Mr. Bach, and sent a letter of congratulations to the activities of the exchange exhibition. At the same time, Yu Zaiqing, vice president of the International Olympic Committee and vice chairman of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics Organizing Committee; Sha Zukang, a famous diplomat and former deputy secretary-general of the United Nations; Xu Honghai, secretary general of the China Center for International Cultural Exchange; Song Jingwu, member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, member of the Proposal Committee of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, vice president and secretary general of the European Union Association of China; Former member of the party group and vice minister of the Ministry of Culture, former director and secretary of the party group of the State Administration of Cultural Heritage, and chairman of the China Cultural Relics Conservation Foundation; Li Xiaojie, member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. Ren Qiliang, member of the Proposal Committee of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and chairman of the China Chinese Education Foundation; Huang Jiannan, general adviser of overseas arts "Cheering for the Olympics"; Tang Jiuhong, vice chairman of the Chinese Badminton Association, former badminton player and world champion; Zhang Ning, badminton women's singles champion of the 2004 Athens Olympic Games and 2008 Beijing Olympic Games; Wu Jingyu, athlete of the Chinese women's taekwondo team, world champion and Olympic champion; Zheng Haixia, Chinese women's basketball player and former member of the national women's basketball team, and other cultures. Well-known guests from the sports world attended the event on the spot. Chen Weihong, host of the Central Radio and Television Corporation, served as the on-site host of the opening event.
Shu Yong interpreted the work "Together to the Future" to Sha Zukang, a famous diplomat and former deputy secretary-general of the United Nations.
Let art and the Olympic Games merge, let the East and the West integrate. The organizers of this event pointed out that exchanges and mutual learning among civilizations are an important driving force for promoting the progress of human civilization and world peace. On the eve of the closing of the Beijing Winter Paralympic Games, the "Green Olympic International Cultural and Artistic Exchange Exhibition" was held at the Olympic Tower, and through dialogue and exchange between outstanding artists and their works of art, the Olympic spirit was carried forward at home and abroad, highlighting the beauty of the Olympic movement, the beauty of nature and the beauty of humanities. Yu Zaiqing, Xu Honghai, Sha Zukang, Song Jingwu, Li Xiaojie and other guests present jointly cut the ribbon for the opening ceremony of the "Green Olympics International Cultural and Art Exchange Exhibition Launching Series Exhibition".
Several world champions exchanged artistic experiences with Shu Yong.
After the opening of the exhibition, the guests visited the art works on the spot. Yu Zaiqing, Sha Zukang and the world champions watched shu Yong's "Together to the Future" series of works with great interest, and praised the vivid image of the ice pier and the snow rongrong, which combined with the most representative buildings and landscapes in traditional Chinese culture. Several world champions quipped that the ice pier drawn by Teacher Shu Yong was extremely cute, and now a "pier" is difficult to find, or let Teacher Shu paint a more "valuable".
Shu Yong took a group photo with the world champions.
Shu Yong said that the ice and snow sports competition of the Winter Olympics has never been just a form of sports, but also a culture, a dialogue across regions, races and languages, and a spirit of adventure and exploration for human beings. Shu Yong hopes to record the Milestone event of the Winter Olympics that made Chinese culture go to the world through his own brush, let the ice pier and snow melt to let people understand China, and tell the story of the Chinese Winter Olympics with the help of the cute ice pier and snow melting.
It is reported that after this activity, it will continue to carry out the "Green Olympics , Together to the Future" international cultural and artistic exchange exhibition city series of traveling exhibition activities for the whole country, so that the spirit and concept of the Green Olympics, the Humanistic Olympics and the Art Olympic Games will be transmitted to every corner of the Land of China.
Shu Yong's "Together to the Future", let the ice pier take you to read China
This work is a series of works by Shu Yong focusing on the spirit of fighting the "epidemic" and the Spirit of the Olympic Games, combining the Olympic images such as ice piers, snow Rongrong and the five rings with traditional Chinese culture, and conveying the optimistic and enterprising romantic feelings of the Chinese nation in the face of difficulties with Chinese pen and ink and charm. It reflects the common pursuit of the Olympic spirit of "faster, higher, stronger and more united" by all mankind, brings strength and beauty to the world at the difficult time when the epidemic is raging around the world, and condenses the strength of all mankind's unity and moves forward together to the future!
Whether it is the wonderful opening ceremony of the Winter Olympic Games, the thick and cute mascot, or the wonderful play of the Olympic athletes, they have all attracted wide attention from all over the world. Shu Yong firmly believes that the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics can become a landmark event for mankind to get rid of and surpass the epidemic. The ice and snow sports competition of the Winter Olympics has never been just a form of sports, but also a culture, a dialogue across regions, races and languages, and a spirit of adventure and exploration for human beings. Shu Yong hopes to record the Milestone event of the Winter Olympics that will make Chinese culture go to the world through his own brush, so that the ice pier and snow can melt and let people understand China! Tell the story of the Chinese Winter Olympics with the help of cute ice piers and snow melting.
The epidemic is not stopping, and the brush is not stopping. Since January 26, 2020, Shu Yong, director of the China Artists Association, combined with the situation of the epidemic situation, has created a Chinese painting every day to pay tribute to the heroes of the "epidemic" and systematically present the anti-epidemic spirit of the Chinese people, and has completed nearly 800 works so far, which is an artistic action that resonates with the same frequency as the fight against the epidemic. Because of "one painting a day", arduous creation has long become Shu Yong's daily life, and now his greater wish is, "I look forward to more people joining in my creation, working together and recording those touching moments with a paintbrush, until the epidemic dissipates and spring blossoms." Cheer for you and me, cheer for China, cheer for the world, we will go to the future together! ”