Hundreds of artists jointly painted a fan in Guangzhou, south
China's Guangdong Province, to celebrate the opening of an art
festival featuring the Lingnan style of painting on Sunday.
The Information Times reported that the painting was completed on a
huge fan which was five meters high and 9.5 meters wide. It was
included in the Guinness Book of World Records as the largest fan
painting in existence.
The Lingnan style of painting originated in the nineteenth
century in Guangzhou, which was called Lingnan at the time. This
school of painting promoted the combination of Chinese traditional
painting with elements of Western and Japanese realism.
The first Lingnan Art Festival will last until December 2, and
will be held every three years in the future.
Hundreds of artists in Guangzhou jointly
painted a fan leaf, dedicated to the first Lingnan Art Festival on
Sunday, September 23, 2007.
(CRI.cn September 24, 2007)
