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(ZhejiangPictorial) CHINA-ZHEJIANG-HANGZHOU-GRAND CANAL (CN)

(240613) -- HANGZHOU, June 13, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Artist Zhang Tiantian works on a watercolor painting depicting a scene along the Grand Canal at a studio in Xiaohezhi Street historical and cultural block along the Grand Canal in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, June 12, 2024. With a history of more than 2,500 years, the Grand Canal, connecting Beijing and Hangzhou in east China's Zhejiang Province, served as a significant transportation artery in ancient China. The canal was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in China in June 2014. Recent years, local authorities have prioritized the protection of the site while continuously promoting the protection of cultural heritage, the reuse of industrial relics and the inheritance of intangible heritage culture, gradually building the bank area of the Grand Canal into a region featuring rich culture, nice environment and thriving tourism. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Weng Xinyang)

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(ZhejiangPictorial) CHINA-ZHEJIANG-HANGZHOU-GRAND CANAL (CN)

(240613) -- HANGZHOU, June 13, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Artist Zhang Tiantian works on a watercolor painting depicting a scene along the Grand Canal at a studio in Xiaohezhi Street historical and cultural block along the Grand Canal in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province, June 12, 2024. With a history of more than 2,500 years, the Grand Canal, connecting Beijing and Hangzhou in east China's Zhejiang Province, served as a significant transportation artery in ancient China. The canal was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in China in June 2014. Recent years, local authorities have prioritized the protection of the site while continuously promoting the protection of cultural heritage, the reuse of industrial relics and the inheritance of intangible heritage culture, gradually building the bank area of the Grand Canal into a region featuring rich culture, nice environment and thriving tourism. (Xinhua/Weng Xinyang)

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Shanghai intangible heritage painting exhibition held in Sydney Opera House

STORY: Shanghai intangible heritage painting exhibition held in Sydney Opera House SHOOTING TIME: April 1, 2024 DATELINE: April 2, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:46 LOCATION: SYDNEY, Australia CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of Shanghai intangible heritage painting exhibition STORYLINE: An exhibition on Shanghai intangible heritage paintings opened on Tuesday in the Sydney Opera House in Australia. As an important representative of Shanghai intangible cultural heritage, Jinshan farmer paintings were born out of folk artists' experience of rural life. They are characterized by graphic shape, bright colors and full composition. Thousands of Jinshan farmer paintings have been exhibited in China and in the United States, Britain, Japan, France, Germany, Canada and other countries, becoming an important link for cross-cultural communication. SOUNDBITE (English): DAVID VAN NUNEN, Australian Watercolor Institute President "They painted beautifully well. There is lovely sense of colors, and dynamics seen in the pict

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Discover rural China through art

STORY: Discover rural China through art SHOOTING TIME: March 10, 2024 DATELINE: March 13, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:05 LOCATION: HEFEI, China CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of traditional villages of Xidi and Hongcun 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): SEBASTIAN THOMMEN, Irish artist 3. various of painting 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): DIEGO EGUINLIAN, Argentine artist 5. various of painting 6. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): ANASTASIA PETRYAEVA, Russian artist 7. various of painting 8. various of traditional villages of Xidi and Hongcun STORYLINE: A dozen artists from countries including Ireland, Argentina, and Russia have gathered in rural Anhui Province in east China for art. The artists came to two traditional villages of Xidi and Hongcun for a watercolor painting festival, discovering rural China through their eyes and by painting brushes. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): SEBASTIAN THOMMEN, Irish artist "I feel very relaxed. Everyone here is so nice and so hospitable and so generous. And it's a real sense of home here. The natural

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CHINA-SHANDONG-QINGDAO-WATERCOLOR PAINTINGS-EXHIBITION (CN)

(230817) -- QINGDAO, Aug. 17, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A visitor takes pictures of a watercolor painting during an exhibition at Qingdao Art Museum in Shinan District of Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, Aug. 17, 2023. The exhibition features 120 watercolor paintings of 40 artists from across the country. (Xinhua/Li Ziheng)

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CHINA-SHANDONG-QINGDAO-WATERCOLOR PAINTINGS-EXHIBITION (CN)

(230817) -- QINGDAO, Aug. 17, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Visitors look at watercolor paintings during an exhibition at Qingdao Art Museum in Shinan District of Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, Aug. 17, 2023. The exhibition features 120 watercolor paintings of 40 artists from across the country. (Xinhua/Li Ziheng)

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CHINA-SHANDONG-QINGDAO-WATERCOLOR PAINTINGS-EXHIBITION (CN)

(230817) -- QINGDAO, Aug. 17, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A visitor looks at a watercolor painting during an exhibition at Qingdao Art Museum in Shinan District of Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, Aug. 17, 2023. The exhibition features 120 watercolor paintings of 40 artists from across the country. (Xinhua/Li Ziheng)

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CHINA-SHANDONG-QINGDAO-WATERCOLOR PAINTINGS-EXHIBITION (CN)

(230817) -- QINGDAO, Aug. 17, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Children look at watercolor paintings during an exhibition at Qingdao Art Museum in Shinan District of Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, Aug. 17, 2023. The exhibition features 120 watercolor paintings of 40 artists from across the country. (Xinhua/Li Ziheng)

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CHINA-SHANDONG-QINGDAO-WATERCOLOR PAINTINGS-EXHIBITION (CN)

(230817) -- QINGDAO, Aug. 17, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Visitors look at watercolor paintings during an exhibition at Qingdao Art Museum in Shinan District of Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, Aug. 17, 2023. The exhibition features 120 watercolor paintings of 40 artists from across the country. (Xinhua/Li Ziheng)

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CHINA-SHANDONG-QINGDAO-WATERCOLOR PAINTINGS-EXHIBITION (CN)

(230817) -- QINGDAO, Aug. 17, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Visitors look at watercolor paintings during an exhibition at Qingdao Art Museum in Shinan District of Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, Aug. 17, 2023. The exhibition features 120 watercolor paintings of 40 artists from across the country. (Xinhua/Li Ziheng)

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Huge painting of Fukushima nuke accident on display

KOBE, Japan - A woman looks at a huge watercolor painting drawn by Japanese artist Hiroshige Kagawa depicting a scene from the Fukushima nuclear crisis at an exhibition in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Jan. 10, 2015. The nine-day show featuring paintings and other exhibits associated with the 2011 northeastern Japan disaster and the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake is under way until Jan. 18.

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Saint-Exupery painting for 'The Little Prince' found in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Photo of a watercolor painting believed to be one of the pictures drawn by Antoine de Saint-Exupery for his famous novel ''The Little Prince.'' The painting has been found in Japan and will go on display from April 25 in Tokyo. Painted on letter paper, the work depicts an asteroid inhabited by a businessman that the little prince stops at before coming to Earth.

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Watercolor by Hitler to be shown in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - A watercolor by Adolf Hitler (shown) will be exhibited Feb. 7 at Theatre Times Square in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward to coincide with the screening of a film about his artistic ambitions, organizers said Feb. 3. The undated work is of Vienna's Karlskirche church. The exhibit will run to Feb. 15.

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24 Solar Terms: Xiazhi

STORY: 24 Solar Terms: Xiazhi DATELINE: June 20, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:34 LOCATION: GUANGZHOU, China CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of Chinese watercolor paintings STORYLINE: Xiazhi, or Summer Solstice, is one of the solar terms. It occurs when one of Earth's poles has its maximum tilt toward the Sun. The arrival of Xiazhi represents the start of midsummer. At this time, days are still longer than nights. Xiazhi is also an important folk festival in China. Folks developed customs like eating cold noodles and worshiping the earth, praying for protection from the summer heat and hoping for a good autumn harvest. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Guangzhou, China. (XHTV)

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Kew Gardens artist shows painting of "miracle pine"

Masumi Yamanaka, an artist at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, shows her watercolor painting of the "miracle pine," a symbol of reconstruction of the northeastern Japan city of Rikuzentakata, at the Japanese Embassy in London on March 8, 2016, ahead of the fifth anniversary of the March 2011 disaster. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ex-Japanese soldier draws paintings of life at Siberia prison camp

Seiichi Yasuda, 93, shows at a press conference in Tokyo on Oct. 9, 2015, his watercolor paintings of life at a prison camp in Siberia where he lived with other members of the Japanese military after the end of World War II. The paintings are among records related to these Japanese detainees added to the UNESCO Memory of the World list. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Iris garden in Horikiri, Tokio

Iris garden in Horikiri, Tokio. Photograph shows blossoming irises at the Horikiri iris garden in Tokyo. Watercolor drawings on the mount depict thatched-roof buildings in the upper right and trees straw around the trunks in the lower left. Date ca. 1890.

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Saint-Exupery painting for 'The Little Prince' found in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Photo of a watercolor painting believed to be one of the pictures drawn by Antoine de Saint-Exupery for his famous novel ''The Little Prince.'' The painting has been found in Japan and will go on display from April 25 in Tokyo. Painted on letter paper, the work depicts an asteroid inhabited by a businessman that the little prince stops at before coming to Earth. (Kyodo)

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Paintings of Teigin's Hirasawa to be featured in exhibition

TOKYO, Japan - This photo shows a watercolor painting that Sadamichi Hirasawa, who was given the death penalty for the Teigin Incident, drew at the age of 17. The painting titled ''Fukei,'' or landscape, will be displayed at the exhibition featuring Hirasawa at the Otaru City Museum of Art in Otaru, Hokkaido, from Feb. 27, 2010. (Photo courtesy of Takehiko Hirasawa) (Kyodo)

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Huge painting of Fukushima nuke accident on display

KOBE, Japan - A woman looks at a huge watercolor painting drawn by Japanese artist Hiroshige Kagawa depicting a scene from the Fukushima nuclear crisis at an exhibition in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on Jan. 10, 2015. The nine-day show featuring paintings and other exhibits associated with the 2011 northeastern Japan disaster and the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake is under way until Jan. 18. (Kyodo)

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