Outside the entrance of the former Prefectural Office

Author: Yang Xin
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Publish Date: 2003-01-01
Features: An introduction to the painter Yang Xin, who is a true Beijing native. His attachment to the hutongs of the capital is nurtured by the uniquely charming traditional culture formed over Beijing's millennium-long history as a capital. His choice to paint Beijing hutongs is a product of his personal experience and deep affection for them, which he cannot help but pour out from his brush with genuine emotions. These are his real feelings accumulated over forty years. Yang Xin's artistic language is straightforward and heartfelt. Even artists who have portrayed Beijingers on stage in the past, as well as elders and predecessors who depicted Beijing hutongs in literary works, have expressed great interest and attention. Yang Xin is a sincere