In January, many new exhibitions will be held in Beijing. Choose a warm winter day to see the exhibitions with your friends and family!

Part.1

Mentor and Friend: 20th Century Huangshan Painting from the Collection of the National Art Museum of China

Location: National Art Museum of China halls 6 and 10

Period: Dec 23, 2023 - Jan 16, 2024

On December 23, 2023, the “Mentor and Friend: 20th Century Huangshan Painting from the Collection of the National Art Museum of China” opened to the public. This exhibition is a “Selected Project of the 2023 Support Program for Young Curators from Nationwide Art Museums, Ministry of Culture and Tourism.” It displays more than 60 paintings and related works on the theme of Huangshan in the 20th century collected by the National Art Museum of China, which artistically shows the beautiful mountains and rivers of China.

The exhibition is divided into three parts: Return of Sketching Tradition, Description of Great Rivers and Mountains, and Sublimation of Calligraphy and Painting. As a world cultural and natural heritage, Huangshan Mountain is famous for its pines and rock with unique shapes, sea of clouds, and hot springs. Since the 20th century, creations of Huangshan Mountain have experienced three major upsurges. First, after the 1930s, artists regained the sketching tradition of Chinese painting and reflected on the development direction of Chinese painting by depicting Huangshan Mountain. Second, after the founding of the People’s Republic of China, artists devoted themselves to creation with enthusiasm and created many famous artworks of China’s great rivers and mountains including Huangshan Mountain. Third, after the reform and opening up, artists’ expressive force and creativity have been further deepened, making them create new pictures of Huangshan Mountain.

Part.2

National-Level Cultural Ecology Protection Zone in Northern Shaanxi: Northern Shaanxi Folk Song Exhibition (Yulin, Shaanxi)

Location: Chinese Traditional Culture Museum F4 halls 3 and 4

Period: Dec 27, 2023 - Jun 27, 2024

On December 27, 2023, the “National-Level Cultural Ecology Protection Zone in Northern Shaanxi: Northern Shaanxi Folk Song Exhibition (Yulin, Shaanxi)” opened at the Chinese Traditional Culture Museum. The exhibition covers an area of about 3,200 square meters. It is divided into different parts, including the Preface Hall, Old Roots Buried in Loessland, Wild Blossoms on Mountain Top, Night Sky Filled with Bright Stars, Intangible Cultural Heritage is the Root, Forever Singing Xintianyou. This exhibition takes the live performance of classical folk songs in northern Shaanxi as the main line and cooperates with various exhibition means to fully present the ancient and present, shape and soul, people and things, and static and moving of folk songs in northern Shaanxi in a limited space. The exhibition lasts for half a year and will end on June 27, 2024.

Part.3

The 70th Anniversary of the Founding of Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai Province: Achievements in Human Intangible Cultural Heritage Conservation of Tibetan Regong Arts

Location: Chinese Traditional Culture Museum F4 hall 5

Period: Dec 27, 2023 - Jan 27, 2024

The Tibetan Regong Arts in Tongren City, the capital of Huangnan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai Province, has a long history and has important historical, cultural, and artistic values. In May 2006, Tibetan Regong Arts was listed in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage representative projects. In 2009, Tibetan Regong Arts was listed in UNESCO’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

This exhibition focuses on 70 hand-painted treasures of Regong contemporary masters of the old, middle, and young generations, including Thang-ga paintings of different colors. The content has both traditional themes and cultural and creative works showing modern life, which fully demonstrates the superb level and inheritance vitality of Regong Thang-ga painting art.

Part.4

Arts, Civilizations: Echoes of Camel Bells Along the Silk Roads

Location: Beijing Minsheng Art Museum

Period: Jan 13, 2024 - Jul 13, 2024

Following the sensational art exhibition “The Trace of Civilization: The Great Art of Dunhuang,” Beijing Minsheng Art Museum is launching a new art exhibition. The art exhibition “Arts, Civilizations: Echoes of Camel Bells Along the Silk Roads” will be open on January 13, and more than 60 cultural and art institutions at home and abroad will present a feast of Silk Road art to the audience.

This art exhibition will display more than 500 groups/pieces of cultural relics, modern and contemporary works of art, and new media artworks, including more than 400 groups/pieces of cultural relics at all levels and 5 replica caves. Besides modern and contemporary artworks and new media artworks, the precious collected articles from seven well-known Chinese grottoes will be displayed, including those from Kezil Thousand-Buddha Grottoes, Kumutula Thousand Buddha Cave, Bezeklik Thousand Buddha Cave, Dunhuang Grottoes, Yungang Grottoes, Longmen Grottoes, and Maiji Mountain Grottoes.

In addition, the museum will also hold a variety of public art education activities, including theme forums, academic lectures, youth research activities, and art workshops. To fully present the characteristics of this Silk Road art exhibition, the Beijing Minsheng Art Museum will cooperate with relevant art units to launch theme-day activities, including Xinjiang Month, Gansu Month, Henan Month, Xi’an Week, Qinghai Week, Yungang Week, Shanxi Museum Day, Tianjin Museum Day, and Qingzhou Museum. There will also be weekly Silk-Road-themed activities.

Translator: WEN Min

Reviewer: TANG Yuxin