China News Service, Beijing, December 30th. The "Hundred Painters Paint Winter Olympics" Beijing Station event sponsored by the "Cheering for the Olympics" Organizing Committee was held at Hengyuanxiang Culture and Art Center on the 30th. 20 painters including Wu Tong and Ma Shengli passed Chinese paintings. The rich colors show the peaceful atmosphere of saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new and welcoming the Beijing Winter Olympics.

Photo courtesy of Zhang Minxia at the creation site

　　Twenty painters collaborated in four groups to create four Chinese paintings, named "Ice and Snow Passion for the Winter Olympics", "Snow Ji Welcomes the Winter Olympics", "Flowers Blooming and Flourishing World to Welcome the Winter Olympics", "Spring and Jingming".

　　Wu Tong, a member of the Chinese Artists Association and an artist "Cheering for the Olympics", said that since the launch of the "Hundred Painters Paint the Winter Olympics" activity, it has successively entered Sichuan, Inner Mongolia, Guizhou, Guangxi, Yunnan and other provinces.

"As an artist, we hope to use Chinese painting art and traditional Chinese culture to promote the great mountains and rivers of our motherland to the world, and at the same time allow the majority of Chinese people to feel more of the Olympic atmosphere through this event."

The painter was interviewed on the spot, courtesy of Zhang Minxia

　　Ma Shengli, a member of the Chinese Artists Association, said that in the picture of "Flowers blooming and welcoming the Winter Olympics", the well-shaped peonies symbolize the successful holding of the Beijing Winter Olympics, and the plum blossoms in the picture show the cold-resistant attitude and The sportsmanship is very consistent.

　　Zhang Long, a member of the Chinese Artists Association, said that "Snow Ji Meets the Winter Olympics" is a snow scene with ink and wash, with great momentum. "We use this painting to congratulate our athletes and wish the Olympic athletes brilliant results in the arena."

Photo courtesy of participating painters Zhang Minxia

　　The "Hundred Painters Paint the Winter Olympics" activity was launched in Beijing on October 28, 2021.

At the launching ceremony, Xu Li, vice chairman of the Chinese Artists Association, stated that in the next three months to welcome the arrival of the Winter Olympics, the art associations of all provinces across the country will lead more artists to participate in this event, through the form of Chinese painting. , Creating hundreds of works based on the Olympic spirit and the humanities of the Beijing Winter Olympics, showing China's sports dreams and the charm of Chinese culture.

　　According to Wu Aihua, the general manager of the "Cheering for the Olympics" project, the "Hundred Painters Painting Winter Olympics" event will go to more places across the country and invite more painters to participate.

After the creation of one hundred works, they will be collected by the Organizing Committee of "Cheering for the Olympics"

　　The "Cheering for the Olympics" project is a large-scale sports and cultural project established under the support of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics Organizing Committee and the guidance of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles with the official approval and authorization of the International Olympic Committee. Its activities except for the "Beijing Winter Olympics Special Cultural Events" "In addition, it also includes the "Olympic Art Expo City Series Exhibition" and "Permanent Love Action·A Journey to Beauty" and so on.

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