On November 10th, the National Painting and Calligraphy Exhibition was held at the Confucius Research Institutein Qufu, Shandong.

More than 200 works were exhibited, including members of the national and provincial-levelArtistsAssociation inBeijing, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Shandong, and other places, as well as renowned artists stationed in universities such as Qufu Normal University and Jining University. The works are of high level,withwide range of themes, rich content, and elegant style, featuring magnificent rivers and mountains, flowers and birdsand plants, as well as humanistic charm and classical poetry, praising the rapid changes in the past decade and expressing the sincere blessings of the artists.

This exhibition is a powerful measure to enrich the spiritual and cultural life of the masses, which is conducive to inheriting and promoting the excellent traditional Chinese culture, making it shine with new brilliance and providing new nourishment and energy for the new era.