Guizhou's Shuicheng Painting Exhibition bridges cultures in Japan

Guizhou's Shuicheng paintings on display at the Japan-China Friendship Center Art Museum in Tokyo. [Photo provided to eguizhou.gov.cn]

The Guizhou Shuicheng Painting Exhibition, "In the Fields of Hope", opened on Feb 7 at the Japan-China Friendship Center Art Museum in Tokyo.

The exhibition, which showcases the charm and artistic allure of Southwest China's Guizhou province and is co-hosted by the Japan-China Friendship Center and the Information Office of Guizhou Provincial People's Government, will run until March 16.

Interactive experiences such as the Shuicheng painting coloring workshop and a Song Dynasty (420-479) costume, makeup, and traditional musical instrument performance will be held, inviting Japan's art enthusiasts to appreciate the unique charm of Chinese culture.

Over 50 distinguished guests from various sectors in Japan and China attended the exhibition's opening ceremony. Many art enthusiasts and local citizens also came to immerse themselves in the colorful world of Shuicheng paintings.

Guizhou's Shuicheng paintings on display at the Japan-China Friendship Center Art Museum in Tokyo. [Photo provided to eguizhou.gov.cn]

Shuicheng painting is a gem of Guizhou's folk art, distinguished by its vivid colors and rustic brushstrokes. These paintings depict scenes of daily life and festive celebrations, incorporating elements of Guizhou's ethnic arts and embodying historical culture and local customs.

The exhibition features 38 exquisite works by over 20 painters from Guizhou's Liupanshui city, which presents a joyful, hopeful, and colorful world to the audience.

At the opening ceremony, Miyamoto Yuji, president of the Japan-China Friendship Center, noted that the development of Shuicheng painting reflects the lives of real working people, coinciding with China's journey to alleviate poverty.

In his speech, Minister-counselor Chen Zheng of the Chinese Embassy in Japan said that national-level exchanges between China and Japan had become more frequent. He believed that the exhibition would further enhance mutual understanding between the two countries' peoples and promote the development of bilateral relations.

Guizhou's Shuicheng paintings on display at the Japan-China Friendship Center Art Museum in Tokyo. [Photo provided to eguizhou.gov.cn]