Elephant News Andying.com reporter Lu Huaitao
On the third of March, Bai Xuanyuan, thick ink and heavy color Danqing biography, wonderful pen and flower painting a new chapter. On April 1 (the first day of the third lunar month), the exhibition of works of the "Chinese Ancestor Cup" Global Chinese Calligraphy and Painting Competition in the hometown of the Yellow Emperor in the year of Nongyin opened online, and can be visited online through the online exhibition hall.
"The more than 200 works on display this time include works by calligraphers and painters from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, as well as works by Chinese people from Italy, France, Canada, Australia and other countries. Zhong Haitao, director of the Henan Calligraphers Association, second-level inspector of the Zhengzhou Municipal CPPCC Committee, and president of the Zhengzhou Songshan Calligraphy and Painting Institute, introduced that this competition was hosted by the Zhengzhou Songshan Calligraphy and Painting Institute, the Overseas, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan Chinese Calligraphers Association, the Zhengzhou Calligraphers Association, and the Zhengzhou Artists Association.
"Since the release of the call for papers in November 2021, this competition has received nearly 1,600 calligraphy and painting works from Chinese in the United States, Germany, Italy, Canada, Australia, Romania and other countries, as well as calligraphy works from all over the country, including more than 1,300 calligraphy works and more than 300 painting works."
In March 2022, the organizing committee of the competition organized experts to conduct preliminary evaluation, re-evaluation and final evaluation of 1600 works, and a total of more than 150 works of first, second and third prizes, excellent awards and exhibition works were evaluated, and more than 50 works by specially invited celebrities were selected.
Among them, Henan author Fang Shen'ao's "Yan Weipeng Huangdi Song" and Hunan author Xu Haoyuan's "Selected Records of the Five Emperors Benji" won the first prize in calligraphy.
Henan author Chen Limin's "Impression of Han Bai" and Shandong author Zheng Xudong's "Beautiful and Picturesque Hometown of the Yellow Emperor" won the first prize for painting.
"The participating authors tend to be younger, which is a major feature of this competition, the average age of the authors of the winning works is only more than 30 years old, the oldest is 70 years old, the youngest is 20 years old, and the young authors after 80, 90 and 00 are the mainstays."
Zhong Haitao said that during the ancestral worship ceremony in the hometown of the Yellow Emperor in the year of Nongyin, the "Chinese Ancestor Cup" Global Chinese Calligraphy and Painting Competition was launched online, with the purpose of carrying forward the spirit of the Chinese nation and condensing the strength of Chinese people around the world. "Thousands of rivers and mountains do not forget the road of the times, the tree is thousands of feet high and deep in the fertile soil", "the same roots and the same ancestors, peace and harmony and harmony", is not only the theme of the ancestor worship ceremony, but also the pursuit and yearning of the sons and daughters of China for a better life.