Do you like 798 Art District in Beijing? If you like, then you may be interested in visiting the Renmin University of China (RUC) Graffiti Wall, which is a less commercial alternative to experience Beijing’s street-art scene.

Renmin University of China Graffiti Wall consists of two sections, including one outside the school and the other inside. Located at Renda South Street, the graffiti wall outside the school was created by nearly 400 volunteers in November, 2005 to celebrate the 1,000 days’ countdown to the Beijing 2008 Olympics. The wall was painted with graffiti works themed “Olympics come to us” and later it was named as “Beijing Wall” by Haidian District government. The graffiti wall inside the school is located at the school’s south wall and is mainly painted by the school’s students.

From the day of its birth, the RUC Graffiti Wall exists as a carrier of campus culture featuring the graffiti works with the characteristics of freedom, imagination and youth. The graffiti on the wall can be improvisations or the creative works updated regularly in various themes such as internship and employment, graduation, campus activities and latest events.

When a new semester begins in the school, the graffiti wall is usually covered with the graffiti posters painted by the school’s clubs and organizations who seize the opportunities to recruit new members.

Now the RUC Graffiti Wall is gaining more and more popularity and it has been listed in one of the 50 wonderful places of new Beijing by the websites of Baidu and Lotour. So many startups at the RUC like to make graffiti posters on the wall to promote themselves and attract customers.

Source: ecns.cn