International Tour of Exhibition of Chinese Characters Launched at the Opening Ceremony of Its Capital Show

The International Tour of the Exhibition of Chinese Characters， jointly sponsored by the CPAFFC， the Henan Provincial People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries， the Anyang Municipal Government and the National Museum of Chinese Writing， was launched in the Capital Museum of China on August 13.

CPAFFC President Li Xiaolin and Vice President Xie Yuan， Anyang Mayor Ma Linqing， leading members of relevant department of Henan Province， joined over 100 representatives from China’s cultural and academic circles， ambassadors of Azerbaijan， Bangladesh， Mauritius， Peru and Uzbekistan， and diplomats from the embassies of the United States， Canada， France， the Republic of Korea， the Philippines， Singapore， Vietnam， Sri Lanka and Nepal， to attend the opening ceremony. CPAFFC President Li Xiaolin declared the exhibition open and cut the ribbon， and visited the exhibition together with the diplomatic envoys.

The exhibition consists of three parts — “Origin and Evolution”， “Research and Dissemination” and “Art and Innovation”. Among more than 120 exhibits were such precious cultural relics as oracle bones， bronze ware， pottery， bamboo slips， coins， jade and paper， showing the evolution of Chinese characters from oracle bone script and bronze script to small seal script， clerical script and regular script. It fully revealed the essence of Chinese writing culture and showed the splendor of China’s ancient civilization and the wisdom of humanity.

The exhibition aims to carry out cultural and art exchanges with countries of the world through Chinese characters and introduce to the people of various countries the ancient but still flourishing Chinese culture. Its “Capital Show” in the Capital Museum of China was planned to last for a month， before moving on in Canada， Uzbekistan， Nepal and other countries.

In his speech at the ceremony， CPAFFC Vice President Xie Yuan said，“The CPAFFC， since its inception 59 years ago， has been active in carrying out friendly cooperation and exchanges with other countries to promote peace and development in the world. At present， with the development of economic globalization and regional integration and increasingly frequent cultural exchanges between China and other countries， people around the world are showing strong interest in the ancient Chinese civilization， resulting in the surge of enthusiasm for learning Chinese.”

“The Exhibition of Chinese Characters will be held in countries across the world in the next three years. The CPAFFC will conduct cross-cultural exchanges centering round the exhibition and organize activities including forums on writing and multi-culture， so as to provide a new vision for those elsewhere who love and follow with interest Chinese culture and the art of Chinese characters.”

At the launching ceremony， the Uzbekistan Embassy and the CPAFFC signed a letter of intent on cooperation in the exhibition’s international tour. Ambassador Daniyar Kurbanov said the exhibition， showing the unique and ancient civilization of China， was very appealing. In his country， more and more people had become interested in China. He believed that the exhibition would be well received when mounted in his country.