China News Service, April 18. According to Canada's "Sing Tao Daily" report, the artistic landmark "Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea" in Vancouver, Canada's Chinatown was graffitied in late March. Dozens of residents spontaneously went to the place where the mural is located on Saturday (16th). Buildings, under the guidance of the artist team to which the murals belong, the murals are painted and restored.
In addition, the building where the mural is located belongs to Liangyou Book Company, which has been in business for 46 years. Peter Lau, the head of the company, said that his campaign against graffiti signatures has collected signatures from more than 800 residents. We urge the government authorities and the police to pay attention to the Chinatown graffiti problem, otherwise it will become the target of destruction again after restoration.
Dozens of citizens spontaneously went to the building where the large-scale mural "Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea" is located in Chinatown on the 16th, and worked together to restore the mural.
Sing Tao Daily reporters saw at the scene that the previous large-scale graffiti had been cleaned, but most of the murals had to be repainted to cover up the traces left by the graffiti.
The artist team set up a working tent on the site, coded each repaired part of the mural, and distributed the corresponding coded paints, so that citizens can contribute to the restoration work without the need for painting foundation.
Some Chinese citizens said that after learning about the graffiti incident from the "Sing Tao Daily" report, they felt very sad and began to search online to find out how to participate in the restoration of the mural, "I hope this beautiful mural will no longer be destroyed by lawbreakers. Goal, I also want to contribute to the revitalization of Chinatown.”
A non-Chinese resident reluctantly said that racism should not be allowed to spread in the community, "I am very angry that these graffitiers are destroying Chinese culture in a targeted manner." He continued that although he is not proficient in painting, he In order to facilitate the interaction between the people, the artist team provided a very easy-to-use method, "Like building a puzzle, the mural is divided into multiple areas, and the number of each area corresponds to a color, just fill in the corresponding color according to the display in the photo. That's it."
Cao Shuo, the author of the "Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea" mural, said that the graffiti had been cleaned with the help of the authorities, but after cleaning, the original paint was also washed away and needed to be repainted.
After the restoration work is completed, a protective film will be applied to the murals, which will make it easier to clean up if they are visited by graffitiers in the future.
Cao Shuo also believes that although the works are difficult to restore to their former beauty and always have flaws after restoration, the murals will carry the efforts of the residents who participated in the anti-graffiti and restoration work in the future. Therefore, the murals have different meanings.
Liu Bide, the head of Liangyou Books, has been deeply saddened by the graffiti on the property. Recently, he has been running for the anti-graffiti signature campaign. In the end, he was sent to the hospital for treatment due to a heart attack and was unable to attend the restoration work on the 16th.
In an interview, he said that Liangyou Book Company was his lifelong effort. Seeing that his signboard "Liangyou" was damaged by graffiti, he didn't think about eating and drinking every day, but he still did not forget to repair "Liangyou" himself when he was sick.
"The word 'friend' represents my friends from all over the world. After being scribbled on the word 'friend', I felt offended and disrespectful to my friend. I was so angry that I fainted and collapsed into the hospital."
Liu Peide finally added that he had collected more than 800 signatures from residents in his anti-graffiti campaign, urging the authorities to face up to the graffiti problem.
(Wang Hongshu)