LONDON, Nov. 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The year
2022 marks the 50th anniversary of
the diplomatic relations between China and the UK. "A MOMENT IN THE SONG", an
exhibition on China's Song Dynasty
paintings in the UK, organized by Zhejiang Provincial Department of
Culture and Tourism and Zhejiang
University, and supported by Europe-Asia Centre, was launched at
Asia House, London on
23rd November. Chu Ziyu, Director General of Zhejiang
Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, delivered a speech
online. Mark Logan, British Member
of Parliament and Parliamentary Private Secretary, H.E. Yang Xiaoguang, Minister of the Chinese
Embassy in the UK, Mick Davies PRBA, Chairman of the Royal Society
of British Artists, Ambassador Piet Steel, Chairman of Europe-Asia
Center and Ping Huang FRSA, Secretary General of the Zhejiang UK
Association were invited to the opening ceremony and unveiled the
exhibition. Present at the ceremony were Tony Devenish AM, GLA Member for West Central
Councillor for Knightsbridge & Belgravia Ward, Li Liyan, Minister-Counselor of Culture Office
in the Chinese Embassy in the UK and Ms. Mei Sim Lai OBE DL, His
Majesty the King's Representative for Brent since 2007.
In collaboration with over 260 cultural and museum institutions
at home and abroad, A Comprehensive Collection of Ancient
Chinese Paintings has taken Zhejiang University and Zhejiang Provincial
Administration of Cultural Heritage 17 years to compile and publish
12,405 pieces (sets) of quality Chinese painting collections,
including most of the extant "national treasure" paintings. They
are the world's most complete and most extensive collections of
illustrated Chinese paintings to date.
In four sections: "A Scroll of Song
Painting · a History of Thousands of Years", "Diversified
Paintings · Fascinating Brushwork", "Multicolored World · Wonderful
Seasons", "Poetry of Ink and Wash · Abandon Ourselves to Nature"
following the thread of thought and the medium of beauty, the
exhibition shares the charm of Zhejiang culture and art in over 100
high-definition prints of Song paintings, depicting the elegant and
vibrant life of the Song Dynasty in the landscape of ink and water,
civil culture, lifelike birds, animals, fish and insects, unique
plum, orchids, bamboo and chrysanthemums. This is a superb fusion
of the Song culture and A Collection of Song Dynasty
Paintings in A Comprehensive Collection of Ancient Chinese
Paintings.
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