UNITED NATIONS, Oct. 27 -- A Chinese art exhibition opened Monday at the UnitedNations headquarters, which features sceneries in China.
The five-day exhibition, with a theme of "preserve environment, cherish homeland", puton display paintings and calligraphy works by renowned Chinese painter Zhang Jinyou onsuch sceneries as the Yangtze river and Mount Tai in the eastern province of Shandong.
"I painted mountains and rivers in China, and they are all beautiful sceneries in thecountry," Zhang said, who is famous for his painting style of combining Chinese traditionalculture with Western art.
"I hope these paintings can inspire people to protect what we truly love -- the naturalbeauty and make the world a better place," he added.
One of his paintings has been issued as a special stamp of the Beijing Olympic Games in2008.
