China News Agency, Beijing, January 1 (Ma Shuaisha) The "Youth and Starry Sky Dialogue" Tiangong Painting Exhibition was held on January 1st at the China Space Station. More than 20 space-themed paintings created by teenagers in the central and western regions were unveiled.

This is the first Tiangong painting exhibition held at the China Space Station. The Shenzhou 13 astronaut crew conducted a live display and introduction during the "New Year's Day Beijing-Hong Kong-Macao Tiangong Dialogue" event.

　　It is understood that from September to October last year, the China Manned Space Engineering Office, the China Aerospace Foundation, the 208 Institute of the Second Academy of China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation, and other units organized the "Youth and the Stars Dialogue". Midwestern youths face-to-face with manned spaceflight. Activity.

　　During the Tianzhou 3 and Shenzhou 13 missions, representatives of teachers and students from 11 provinces in the central and western regions were invited to the Wenchang Space Launch Site and the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center to meet with Chinese astronauts and scientific and technological workers on the manned space front A "Dialogue between Youth and the Stars" across the mountains and seas was launched.

At the beginning of September last year, the children sketched the rockets, spaceships, space stations and magical space life in their imagination on the drawing paper.

　　From watching the rocket launch to sending the astronauts out, these children who have never been in close contact with aerospace or even out of the mountains have continuously reaped the "firsts" in their lives during the journey from drawing dreams to realizing dreams: the first time Traveling, flying for the first time, seeing the launch for the first time, launching a hand-made water rocket into the air for the first time, listening to a lecture by an academician, and communicating face-to-face with space heroes for the first time... the paintings of the children are also Through the joint efforts of many parties, the "Sky Boat" was set up as a "mysterious gift".

　　On October 14 last year, at the meeting with Chinese and foreign reporters from the Shenzhou 13 astronauts, a young girl from Xinjiang told the astronaut Wang Yaping who was about to go to space, "Our children in the Midwest have prepared a copy for you and the crew. The'mystery gift' has been delivered to the space station. I hope you like it."

　　More than two months later, three astronauts opened this "mysterious gift" as scheduled.

Surprisingly, they decided to hold an exhibition of Tiangong paintings on the China Space Station to convey the children's dreams to more people.

　　According to reports, the follow-up "Youth and Stars Dialogue" series of theme activities will run through the construction and operation of China's space station, combined with the normalization of major tasks, so as to spread the spiritual fire of looking up at the stars and flying in the sky to pursue dreams in the hearts of young people.

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