Mountain and Sea Encounter: Stone Rhyme and Resonance - Zhongjin Stone Carving Art Exhibition.

The China-Africa Cooperation Forum has just ended, and a large stone carving art exhibition from Zimbabwe, Africa and "China's Carving Town" - Hebei Quyang is held in the China Century Altar, providing Chinese audiences with an excellent opportunity to appreciate the stone carving art of the two countries. The two countries have different geographical locations, material contrasts, creative theme contrasts, and carving techniques in stone carving art, but the stone carving artworks they create all shine with the glory of human culture. The long geological time has created almost eternal stone elements. If time is used as the axis of human civilization development, stone carving art is the philosophy of human engraving. Artists are always looking for ways to shape eternity, linking natural elements and the spiritual world, and using the extension of shapes and the rhythm of stone materials to stand between mountains and seas. Zimbabwe, in Shona language, means "Stone City". Its stone carving art is mainly expressed in the form of primitive life tension and natural composition language, showing the tracing of the ancient civilization of the African continent and the reverence for the mysterious power of nature. Hebei Quyang, China, as the "Chinese Carving Town", with its exquisite craftsmanship and profound cultural heritage, condenses the essence and wisdom of Chinese civilization in stone carving works. Although the two art communities have different regional characteristics and cultural genes, they meet and carry their own ancient and deep cultural traditions due to the same material properties of stone. On the occasion of the 2024 China-Africa Cooperation Forum, the stone carving art of the two countries crossed the mountains and seas, and completed a meeting of different civilizations. The intersection of different perspective languages will become the re-precipitation of the ancient wisdom of the two countries, and it also carries the friendship of the two peoples and the longing for a better future. This stone carving art expo encounter can become a bridge linking peace and respect, adding more diverse colors and rhythms to the continuation of human civilization. Address: Century Altar, No. 9, Fuxing Road, Haidian District, Beijing Opening hours 9:00-17:00 (Stop entering at 16:00) Closed on Monday