The second edition of the Hong Kong International Cultural & Creative Expo will be held from 16 to 19 May 2024 at the AsiaWorld-Expo in Hong Kong. The famous Chinese artist Sanjie Ben will bring the thangka "Amitabha Buddha Elysian World Illustration" and the Gongbi yak painting "National Spirit" to the exhibition, which took five years to draw.
Sanjie Ben, a national first-class artist, a inheritor and innovator of Turkish art, is unique in the field of thangka art with his outstanding talent and profound artistic attainments.
Thangka "Amitabha Buddha Elysium Illustrated"
"Amitabha Buddha's Elysian World Illustrated" shows his unique artistic style: delicate brushwork, elegant tones, realistic demeanor and novel composition, which also pushes the art of Regong Thangka to a new level. The picture is cleverly divided into three parts: in the center is the majestic "Amitabha Buddha Elysium" and the compassionate "Eight Great Bodhisattvas", on the left side is the peaceful scene of "Shakyamuni and the Eighteen Arhats", while on the right side is the mystery and majesty of "The Eight Transformations of Guru Rinpoche and the Eighty-four Great Achievers". The picture embodies a kind of beautiful beauty and purification of the sky and blue sky, green mountains and green waters, and reflects Sanjie's superb skills in artistic creation and his lofty pursuit of Buddhist ideals.
Gongbi Yak Diagram "National Spirit"
The yak figure "National Spirit" embodies the beauty of the power of the ox. In the picture, the head of the cow stretches forward and the back of the cow arches hard, and the viewer can feel the huge force of the yak's body arching forward as if it rushes out of the picture, which is a power that shakes people's hearts. As the totem of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, the yak means to guard the homeland and not be afraid of the cold. We should carry forward the spirit of the yak, make it the spiritual symbol of the Chinese nation, forge the sense of community with a shared future for the Chinese nation, and continuously promote the construction of Chinese-style modernization and modern civilization of the Chinese nation.
Gongbi Yak Diagram "National Spirit"
This year's Cultural Expo is mainly structured in five subdivisions, including the Digital Creative Pavilion, the Cultural Tourism and Trade Pavilion, the Fashion Design Pavilion, the Intangible Cultural Heritage Handicraft Pavilion, and the International Art and Cultural Museum, and cooperates with the relevant cultural and creative industry forums, urban cultural tourism promotion, youth calligraphy competitions, tea culture exchange meetings, art exhibitions and other rich forms of activities, so as to inherit and develop the excellent traditional Chinese culture in a multi-faceted manner and demonstrate cultural self-confidence.