Theme of Ningbo’s significant historical artistic creation program chosen
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- Category: Ningbo News
- Published: Tuesday, 10 March 2015 10:32
It is learned on March 1 from the Office of Organizing Committee for Ningbo’s Significant Historical Artistic Creation Program, the theme of this program was finally chosen through seeking opinions from citizens, three discussions by experts and the ratification by Ningbo Municipal Government, which covers 48 themes including Yuyao Hemudu Cultural site, Maritime Silk Road - transporting tea leaves from south to west, Anti-Japanese Base of Siming Mountain, Wu Jintang and Jintang School, Hangzhou Bay Sea-crossing Bridge, Ningbo Bang and Pan Tianshou. (a modern artist and educator)
Han Licheng, director of the office of organizing committee and curator of Ningbo Museum of Art, said that the next step is to select artists across the city or even the country to paint by choosing materials for creation. “ We are going to recruit 35 artists to work on theme creation. And all the important historical events, figures and stories representing Ningbo will be displayed in 2017 as scheduled to the public through artistic expressions such as Chinese painting, oil painting, engraving and watercolor painting. This program will create a visual text and archive for Ningbo’s historical culture of 7,000 years, writing a local history of culture.
Citizens have given a lot of attention to this program. On August 2014, 31 themes were published by the office of organizing committee to seek for advice from the public and citizens were also allowed to list their favorite themes related to Ningbo’s significant historical events. In the end, Three half-chimneys, Fan Qin & Tianyi Pavilion as well as Wang Zhengting & Chinese Olympics listed by Zhang Jie, Wan Xin’er and Gao Guoming, were accepted.
As Zhang Jie believes, the Tianyi Pavilion which houses books of both ancient and modern times represents the cultural root of Ningbo and is the most aged private library in China as the cultural symbol of Ningbo. Wan Xin’er, who works in Ningbo Bang Magazine Office said that Wang Zhengting deserves to be listed for he was the first Chinese to become one of the members of IOC and the chief leader of Chinese delegation in London’s Olympics in 1948. “ I was responsible for the editing and proofreading of Chinese version of Guwang Guanlai ( Revisiting the past and looking into the future), and I was deeply moved by his passion for Olympics. Therefore, I believe the image of him as the father of Chinese Olympics should be preserved in this artistic work for significant historical events.
It is learned that three citizens whose works were selected will be invited to attend the opening ceremony of the Painting Exhibition of Ningbo’s Significant Historical Artistic Creation Program and gifted relevant elegant albums as well as certificates of honor for their contributions.
