Chinanews.com, Beijing, February 25th (Reporter Ying Ni) "Tchaikovsky Four Seasons Music Picture Book" edited by Zhang Mingzhou, the former chairman of the International Children's Books Federation (IBBY), was unveiled at the Beijing Book Order Fair on the 24th.

The book offers young readers the opportunity to indulge in high-level literature, art and music.

  "Tchaikovsky Four Seasons Music Picture Book" has 4 volumes including "Golden Wheat Field", "Song of the Skylark", "Dream Flying in the Field" and "Snow Country in the Forest". Based on the "Four Seasons" piano divertimento written by Siji, four top Chinese and Russian illustrators including the international Hans Christian Andersen Award winner Onikov were invited to draw, and the famous Russian pianist Andrei Ivan It is a set of art picture books with multiple presentations of music, literature and painting.

  Wu Shulin, chairman of the China Publishing Association, said that with the joint efforts of Chinese and Russian artists, Qingdao Publishing Group used the form of children's books and picture books to interpret this musical epic that has important influence in the world, allowing more people to vividly appreciate music and the charm of art.

This set of books is about to export the copyright to Russia, so that our neighbors, the Russians, can feel how the Chinese know and understand their great musicians, and what kind of emotions they use to carry out cultural exchanges.

It undoubtedly left a strong mark in the history of Chinese publishing and the history of Sino-Russian exchanges.

There is an old saying in China, "The friendship between the two countries lies in the kinship between the people, and the friendship between the people lies in the connection between the hearts." "Tchaikovsky's Four Seasons Music Picture Book" has done a remarkable job in connecting the hearts of the Chinese and Russian people.

The Russian Embassy in China awarded Qingdao Publishing House the "Sino-Russian Friendship Publishing House" trophy Photo courtesy of Qingdao Publishing Group

  On behalf of the Russian Embassy in China, Ms. Natalie Stepkina, Minister Counselor of the Russian Embassy in China and Permanent Representative of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Secretariat, thanked Qingdao Publishing Group for promoting Tchaikovsky's works among Chinese children. It is hoped that children in China and Russia can draw rich artistic nutrition from this set of books.

  Jia Qingpeng, chairman of Qingdao Publishing Group, believes that this set of books is an innovative attempt to expand the art reading space of picture books, and it is also a bold exploration of international cooperation in picture book publishing. contribute.

  At the scene, Qingdao Publishing House signed a copyright cooperation agreement with Russia's Shangsi International Publishing and Media Group to export book copyrights to Russia.

The Russian Embassy in China awarded Qingdao Publishing House the "Sino-Russian Friendship Publishing House" trophy.

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