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Launching ceremony of the book "The Chinese Phoenix on the Banks of the Seine" held

2012-04-24

On April 24, 2012, the Mutianyu Great Wall held the launching ceremony of the book "The Chinese Phoenix on the Banks of the Seine" and the opening ceremony of the Tian Fengyin Great Wall Oil Painting Exhibition, titled "Dragon Shines over Nine Provinces, Phoenix Flies over Huairou". Wang Ensheng, Deputy Director of the State Council's Economic Work Committee; Wang Dexin, Deputy Secretary of the Party Group of the Municipal Federation of Literary and Art Circles; Peng Lixia, Member of the Standing Committee and Propaganda Minister of Huairou District; Yin Yongli, Vice Chairman of the Political Consultative Conference; and literary and artistic figures from the district, as well as journalists from Xinhua News Agency, Guangming Daily, China Youth Daily, Beijing Evening News, Sohu.com, Sina.com, Qianlong.com, and other media, were invited to attend the opening ceremony.

Female painter Tian Fengyin has created a large number of oil paintings reflecting the folk customs and water scenery of Huairou over the years. Her works have been exhibited in France and other places and have been well received. The book "The Chinese Phoenix on the Banks of the Seine" launched this time is a biography written by French writer Alfred based on Tian Fengyin's life experience, and translated by Du Qinggang, Dean of the School of Foreign Languages at Wuhan University. At the same time as the launch ceremony, nearly 20 oil paintings by Tian Fengyin, including "Dragon Shines over Nine Provinces" with the Great Wall as the theme, were also exhibited.

Recently, Tian Fengyin, a rural girl who grew up at the foot of the Great Wall, was hired as a visiting professor by the Bordeaux School of Fine Arts in France. Many of her works have been collected by institutions such as the Louvre in France and the National Gallery of Norway. The French Royal Foundation signed a contract with Tian Fengyin to establish the Tian Fengyin Oil Painting Museum in a castle in the suburbs of France, calling her the "Chinese Phoenix" in the eyes of foreign painters.