Foreign friends show Chinese calligraphy, and pen and ink melt the love of Chinese and foreign friendship. On December 11th, the award ceremony and exhibition of calligraphy works of the 5th "Oriental Cup" Foreign Chinese Character Calligraphy Competition was held at the Oriental Art Museum in Shenzhen, and 57 works stood out in this competition and won awards.
The atmosphere at the award ceremony was warm
Wu Zai Fanghua uses "character" as the medium
Cultivate unremittingly to "sincere" friendship
The competition was sponsored by the Propaganda Department of the Futian District Committee of the Communist Party of China, hosted by the Shenzhen Oriental Art Museum, guided by the Futian District Foreign Affairs Office, co-organized by the Shenzhen Calligraphers Association, and co-organized by the Shenzhen Municipal Federation of Literature and Literature, the Calligraphy and Painting Working Committee of the Chinese Cultural Management Association, the Guangdong Book Court, the China (Shenzhen) International Talent Training Center, the School of International Exchange of Shenzhen University, the International Education College of China University (Beijing), the Shenzhen Association of Enterprises with Foreign Investment, the Xiangmihu Street Office of Futian District, the International Language Education of Aiyusi, The participation and assistance of Hailong Education and other units are funded by the special fund for the development of publicity, culture and sports in Futian District. The competition aims to open a journey of cultural exchanges between China and foreign countries, provide a stage for foreign friends to learn, exchange and display the talents of Chinese calligraphy, let more foreign friends feel the essence of Chinese calligraphy, experience the charm of China's national essence, and promote Cultural Exchanges between China and foreign countries with "characters" as the medium.
Allen from Mexico won the first prize in the competition and shared his experience
Since 2017, Shenzhen Orient Art Museum has initiated and successfully hosted five consecutive "Oriental Cup" Foreign Chinese Character Calligraphy Competition. Based in Shenzhen, facing the whole country and going deep into the frontline, this competition has carried out a series of offline salon activities of "learning Chinese characters and passing on Chinese culture" in some schools, training centers, institutions, streets and communities where foreigners are relatively concentrated, focusing on the core content of Chinese character calligraphy. The event showed the humanistic style and positive enthusiasm of international friends. Chinese and foreign cultures have also penetrated and integrated in two-way exchanges and interactions, and the competition has become a beautiful cultural business card of Shenzhen facing the world.
The competition lasted for more than 5 months, and received positive responses from many foreign friends and calligraphy enthusiasts at home and abroad, although deeply affected by the epidemic, 392 calligraphy works were still received, and the participants came from 31 countries and regions. Many foreign friends have participated in the competition for many years in a row, and submitted many works, including seal, li, grass, kai, and xing, which are wonderful. From different angles and levels, it shows the respect and love of foreign friends for Chinese history and culture.
At the award ceremony, 1 first prize, 2 second prizes, 3 third prizes, 20 excellence awards, 30 finalist awards and 1 special honorary award were awarded. It is worth mentioning that this competition has 3 foreign children aged 5 and 6 who have won awards, they have loved Chinese calligraphy since childhood, and good results are just around the corner. In addition, the first prize of the competition was won by Allen from Mexico, whose work "Holding The Golden Huaiyu" is full of pen and ink, smooth and free lines, beautiful structure, complete chapters, and is a good product, which shows that he has a deep understanding of the tradition of Chinese character calligraphy. Allen believes that "in these offline salon activities provided by the Oriental Art Museum in Shenzhen, they can get careful guidance from calligraphy experts, so that foreign friends can avoid many detours." Foreign friends who participated in the competition said that Chinese calligraphy culture has both connotation and formal beauty, and for these foreigners, there is a sense of ancient mystery. By learning Chinese calligraphy, you can appreciate the wonders of Chinese characters from the surface and the inside, as well as the art of writing.
Chinese and foreign cultures collide and blend
The essence of the country goes to the world
The "Oriental Cup" Foreign Chinese Character Calligraphy Competition has won high praise from all walks of life for its cultural influence, high execution and wide dissemination.
Looking back on the past five years of the "Oriental Cup" Foreign Chinese Calligraphy Competition, Zhong Fanfei, the founder and chairman of the Shenzhen Oriental Art Museum, the organizer of the competition, said that the reason why this brand can develop into a unique brand in Shenzhen's cultural circles is inseparable from the support of the government and all sectors of society. She believes that Chinese character calligraphy, as the intangible cultural heritage of mankind, can not only carry a heavy history, but also express the vigorous spirit of the times, with a wide range of affinity and appeal, which not only fascinates the Chinese people, but also fascinates foreigners. The process of learning and practicing Chinese calligraphy by foreign friends is itself a process of collision between their own national culture and Chinese cultural exchanges, and such collisions and exchanges deepen the understanding and tolerance between cultures and are conducive to exchanges and cooperation between countries.
Tao Yitao, former deputy secretary of the party committee of Shenzhen University, believes that when foreign friends learn Chinese characters, they will also understand the connotation of traditional Chinese culture, which is the simplest, most basic and most interesting way to connect Chinese and foreign cultural exchanges. The "Oriental Cup" Foreign Chinese Character Calligraphy Competition is a beautiful bridge that will provide China with its own strength to go global.
Liang Yu, secretary of the party group and chairman of the Shenzhen Municipal Federation of Literary and Art Circles, believes that the competition does a good job of spreading the unique form and charm of Chinese characters to foreigners, so that they can deeply understand and deeply understand Chinese culture, which is the significance of running the competition. He said that Shenzhen is a young city, and after 40 years of hard work and continuous struggle in the special economic zone, Shenzhen's cultural development will usher in a new blueprint for development. The "Oriental Cup" Foreign Chinese Character Calligraphy Competition will ride on the east wind of cultural development and help Chinese traditional culture enter the contemporary era and go to the world.
Leaders and guests visited the exhibition of award-winning calligraphy works
The winning calligraphy works of the competition will be exhibited at the Oriental Art Museum in Shenzhen from December 11, 2021 to December 23, 2021.
Wrote about Nandu reporter Zhang Xinyi