On December 15th, the first "Silk Road Cultural Stories" Creative Design Competition award ceremony and the opening ceremony of the exhibition on award-winning works were held at the Xi'an Art Museum.

The "Silk Road Cultural Stories" Creative Design Competition is a brand event that integrates cultural and creative design, short video creation, cultural achievement display, and other content for and cultural exchanges between China and foreign countries. Submissions are invited to peoplefrom all walks of life at home and abroad. Since its launch in September 2023, over 200 domestic and foreign workshave been collected. Ultimately 1 gold award, 5 silver awards, and 10 bronze awards for cultural and creative designwere selected, as well as 1 gold award, 1 silver award, and 2 bronze awards for short video creation.

As the first of its kind, this competition not only showcases outstanding works, but also sets up exhibition areas for intangible cultural heritage inheritance, Dunhuang cultural and creative works, as well as art works from countries such as Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Nepal, and Iran. The exhibition will continue until the end of December 2023.