In order to welcome the New Year and the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou in 2022, from New Year’s Day, Xiling Printing Society and Hangzhou Garden Cultural Relics Bureau held the “Xiling Famous Asian Games Theme Seal Cutting Tour Exhibition” in China Fan Museum. This is the second exhibition after “300 Days Countdown to Hangzhou Asian Games, Xiling Famous Asian Games Theme Seal Carving Exhibition”.
This exhibition consists of four parts. Among them, the first part is the theme slogan of previous Asian Games, exhibiting 19 seal cutting works led by Han Tianheng, Chen Zhenlian, Li Gangtian and Tong Yanfang, vice presidents of Xiling Printing Society, presenting the theme slogan from the 1st Asian Games in New Delhi in 1951 to the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou in 2022 in the form of seal cutting, showing the artistic charm of Chinese excellent traditional culture while popularizing and spreading the Asian Games culture.
The second part is a leisure chapter on sports theme, exhibiting 15 pieces of seal cutting works created by members of Xiling Printing Society, which embody and explain the poems and idioms of human competitive sports, showing the beauty of stone seal cutting between squares.
The third part is the competition events of Hangzhou Asian Games, with 40 pieces of seal cutting works on display, including 40 sports competitions of the 19th Hangzhou Asian Games in 2022. The famous artists of Xiling show the characteristics of sports events vividly through various seal cutting techniques such as “Bai Wen”, “Zhu Wen”, “Bird and Insect Seal” and “Pictograph”. These works are written in yin and yang, with colorful vermilion, showing a different vivid artistic style with lines and colors.
The fourth part is cultural derivatives, exhibiting 12 works in four categories, such as long scrolls, album pages, printed music and fan pages. The content revolves around the seal cutting works of this “Xiling Famous Asian Games Theme Seal Cutting Exhibition”, which deepens and enriches the seal cutting culture and art in a multi-level and wide angle, so that the audience can appreciate the beauty of various forms of China traditional culture and art while understanding the Asian Games culture and enjoying the exquisite seal cutting.
The 19th Asian Games is not only a sports event, but also a cultural exchange and mutual learning event in Asia. As the inheritor of the intangible cultural heritage of mankind, Xiling Printing Society always regards it as its duty to inherit and carry forward the traditional Chinese culture of China seal cutting. The roving exhibition of seal cutting by famous artists of Xiling Asian Games aims at promoting the spirit of sports and creating an elegant atmosphere in the process of preparing for the Asian Games, adding the seal of Xiling to Hang Cheng and leaving Hangzhou memories for the world.
The exhibition will last until January 16, 2022. Reporter Charlene Marilynn Dangelo Sun Leyi
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