Over the past 11 years, tens of thousands of young children from China, Japan, and South Korea have used paintbrushes to collide with art, write friendships, and dream about their hometown. | Culture | China, Japan, and South Korea
Childlike dreams depict local sentiment, and cultural heritage is shared. Recently, the 11th China Japan South Korea Children's Friendly Painting Exhibition opened at the Youth Palace of the China Welfare Association. At this year's painting exhibition, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean young artists shared their love for their hometown and longing for the world through a unique perspective, allowing people to feel the children's brilliant childlike innocence and vibrant vitality. The painting exhibition will be moved to the B2 atrium of the South District of the BFC Bund Financial Center from August 8th to August 31st for exhibition. It will return to the sunken square of the Children's Palace of the China Welfare Association in early September for exhibition until the end of September.
The theme of this year's painting exhibition is "Children's Dreams Drawing Hometown Feelings". Fu Jihong, Vice President of the Shanghai People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, said that his hometown is the warmest place in his heart and also a bridge connecting himself and the world. He hopes that young people can broaden their horizons, grow their talents, and form friendships. Through the art exhibition platform, they can tighten the cultural ties and create a new peaceful and beautiful situation together.
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Zhu Xiaoxiao, the award-winning representative of China at the painting exhibition, shared the inspiration for her works and her participation speech. The award-winning representatives from Japan and South Korea also conveyed their thoughts through video. Li Junhe, a child from South Korea, hopes to come to China to exchange ideas with his friends at the art exhibition. Nagata Masao, a child from Japan, shared his love for painting. The young friends expressed their joyful mood and longing for everyone through their talent performances. Students from the choir department of the affiliated elementary school of Japan's Haixing Women's College brought the song "Accompanying You", while the Korean children's group gold medalist brought the song and dance "Going to the Big Class", conveying the children's wishes in the lyrics. On site, the Children's Palace Art Troupe of the China Welfare Association brought a dance called "Blooming Flowers in a New Era", showcasing the spiritual outlook and charm of contemporary children. The children present all pasted their good wishes on the wish wall, sending out good wishes that carry friendship.
It is worth mentioning that this opening ceremony has set up an intangible cultural heritage experience area, and specially invited the sixth generation inheritors of Ma's shadow puppetry to give lectures. On that day, children from China, Japan, and South Korea experienced the intangible cultural heritage course of shadow puppetry production and performance at the Children's Palace of the China Welfare Association, and the children praised its ingenuity and fun. Under the guidance of the teacher, the children drew and created their own shadow puppetry piece on site. They freely combined and created, and even completed a shadow puppetry performance. The novel artistic experience and unique forms of expression leave a deep impression on children both domestically and internationally. The children expressed that they were infected by the charm of shadow puppetry as an intangible cultural heritage. Centered around the theme of "children's dreams depicting hometown sentiments", children showcase cultural elements from various countries in their paintings and share their love for their hometown and culture. Under the paintbrushes of children in our country, intangible cultural heritage projects such as cloth tigers, shadow puppetry, and Ansai waist drums are presented vividly. In the heart of Yu Xinhuan, the author of the gold medal work "Cloth Tiger" in the lower elementary school group, "Cloth Tiger" is not only a childhood memory, but also an important representative of traditional Chinese handicrafts, listed on the national intangible cultural heritage list. Japanese and Korean children depict scenes of people dressed in traditional costumes, singing and dancing in celebration, peaceful and peaceful life.
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This art exhibition is jointly organized by the Shanghai People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, the Japanese social education group Bibo Hui, and the Busan International City Foundation in South Korea, and hosted by the Youth Palace of the China Welfare Association. Since its debut in 2013, the China Japan South Korea Children's Friendly Painting Exhibition has accompanied children for 11 years and has become a special event for small art fans. Over the past 11 years, tens of thousands of children from China, Japan, and South Korea have used paintbrushes to collide with art and write friendships with scrolls of art. More than 600 of them participated in the exchange trip of China, Japan, and South Korea art exhibition groups, experiencing the charm of art through exchange activities.