SHNU: In the 3rd Delphic Games held in Jeju, Korea, the art work of Gu Qiongqiong, a junior student from the College of Fine Arts of SHNU, entitled Voice of Silence, won the silver prize in calligraphy. 13 SHNU students majoring in painting and calligraphy took part in the competition. They were headed by Xu Jun, associate professor of the College. Some 1,500 artists and staff members from 54 countries participated in the third Delphic Games to display cultural and artistic diversities in Jeju City from Sept. 9 to 15. The following is a general introduction of this event: For about 1,000 years from the 6th century BC to AD 394, the Delphic Games was a festival of culture and arts among ancient city nations of Greece. The Games were reborn after 1,600 years as an international festival of arts and culture thanks to J. Christian B. Kirsch of Germany, who felt the necessity of a global celebration of culture and thus initiated the modern Delphic Games. During the 3rd Delphic Games 2009 in Jeju, 460 participants competed in 18 categories in six art fields - music and acoustics arts, performing arts, crafts, design & visual arts, lingual arts, communication and social arts, and architecture and ecological arts, according to Lee Jong-duck, chairperson of the Organizing Committee of the 3rd Delphic Games 2009 in Jeju. The event is expected to create art exchange networks among various international arts organizations and participating nations, said Lee. （Edited by Jessica） |
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