Suzhou Gardens·Sharing Beauty—The Municipal Foreign Affairs Office successfully held a lecture and the launching ceremony of "Gardens Painted by Children's Hearts"
The midsummer is full of greenery and the scenery is pleasant. In order to promote the exchanges between Suzhou and American sister cities and friendly exchange cities, promote the "Jiangnan Culture" to go global, and promote Suzhou classical garden art, the Foreign Affairs Office of the Suzhou Municipal People's Government successfully held the "Sister Cities in the United States" on June 30. Suzhou Garden·Sharing Beauty" themed lecture and launching ceremony of the "Children's Heart Painted Garden" project.
Elizabeth Nye, executive director of Lan Suyuan in Portland, Oregon, USA, Robert Fraser, former president of Portland-Suzhou Sister Cities Association and recipient of the honorary title of "Friends of Suzhou", San Antonio Municipal Government International in Texas, Tanzila Kamova, senior consultant of the Relations Office, Yuan Shiyuan, deputy director of the San Antonio Museum of Art, Dana Doody, executive manager of the Botanical Garden of Jacksonville, Florida, plant expert Tim Armstrong, and Hui Yan, deputy director of the Municipal Foreign Affairs Office Guests such as Lan, Zhou Da, deputy director of the Municipal Garden and Greening Administration, Pang Xi, a fourth-level researcher from the Municipal Federation of Literary and Art Circles, Ji Cunhai, deputy general manager of Suzhou Landscape Architecture Investment and Development Group Co., Ltd., attended the cloud-themed lecture event, with nearly 10,000 viewers Participated in online interactions. He Fengchun, chairman of of Suzhou Garden Design Institute Co., Ltd., served as the guest speaker and shared his insights on gardens and urban architecture with representatives from sister cities and friendly exchange cities in the United States, and jointly explored the beauty of gardens in the living environment. After the theme activity of
, the "Childlike Heart Painting Garden" Suzhou International Sister Cities Painting Competition series of activities was officially launched. Several Chinese guest leaders attending the event colored the lotus flowers on the theme board in turn, officially kicking off the first "Children's Heart Painted Garden" event.
"Children's Heart Painted Gardens" activity is co-sponsored by the Foreign Affairs Office of the Suzhou Municipal People's Government and the Suzhou Municipal Federation of Literary and Art Circles, and co-organized by the Suzhou Municipal Garden and Greening Administration Bureau. It invites children from Suzhou and Suzhou's international sister cities and friendly exchange cities in the United States and Australia to participate in the event. Participate and describe the beautiful gardens and cities in children’s eyes.
As early as the 1970s, Suzhou gardens have been traveling across the ocean as cultural exchange envoys to convey the beauty of Chinese culture. Among the more than 100 export gardens currently spread around the world, more than half of them are Suzhou gardens, which have contributed to cultural exchanges between China and foreign countries, political friendship, and economic prosperity.
started in Mingxuan of Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York in 1978. It has a history of more than 40 years. It is a Chinese garden in the collection of Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. The garden is modeled on the "Dian Chunyi" in the Master of Nets Garden in Suzhou. Construction is the first example of the export of Chinese gardens. At that time, former US President Nixon visited the site many times to observe and meet with the garden craftsmen. Mingxuan has been praised as an eternal exhibit in the history of Sino-US cultural exchanges and has been recorded in the history of modern gardening.
Partial view of Mingxuan, New York Metropolitan Museum of Art
Lansu Garden , designed and constructed by the guest speaker, Dean He Fengchun, is located in Chinatown, Portland, USA, covering an area of 3,700 square meters. It was completed and opened in September 2000. Lan Su Garden is a typical Suzhou garden style garden. It is divided into five scenic spots. The layout is free, flexible, tortuous and rich in spatial levels. It has been awarded the "Human Settlements Environment Award" by the Oregon State Government in the United States and the Portland Municipal Government. It was awarded the "Special Contribution Award" of Suzhou Garden Design Institute . Today, this garden has been integrated into the daily life of local people, and beautiful stories happen every day in the beautiful scenery.
Partial view of Lansu Garden in Portland
Liufang Garden is located in the Huntington Museum of Art, Library and Botanical Garden in Los Angeles, USA. The artistic conception comes from the poem "The steps are thin and the fragrance flows" in Cao Zhi " Luo Shen Fu ", describing The footsteps of Luo Shen pass through the fragrant grass, bringing bursts of fragrance. Liufang Garden has a planned area of about 15 acres. After ten years of design and construction, it is the largest Suzhou garden built overseas.Based on the characteristics of the botanical garden's rich plant species, combined with the landscape pattern of the site, and drawing on the traditional Chinese garden landscape image composition techniques, the garden adopts the " garden within the garden " spatial layout method to form nine scenic spots, achieving a landscape with different scenery at each step. Effect.
Partial view of Liufang Garden in Los Angeles
