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In his most revered writing, Lantingji Xu (Preface to the Poems Composed at the Orchid Pavilion), the 4th-century calligrapher Wang Xizhi created a phrase, youmu chenghuai, meaning "let the eye travel extensively so that the heart and mind are set free". The traditional cultural philosophy is that people should travel as often and far as possible so that their vision widens and their minds open more. View, the Landscape on the Bridge, an exhibition at TAG Art Museum in Qingdao, Shandong province, traces the journeys of modern Chinese artists to carry on this tradition in a new context: They traveled much further around the world, compared to their predecessors in ancient times, to a different continent and embraced different styles of art. Fan Di'an, dean of the Central Academy of Fine Arts and chairman of the China Artists Association, the show's curator, has got together 37 Chinese artists who worked and lived in Germany in the past four decades. It shows their exploration of art and cultural observations. The exhibition, running through to May 14, celebrates the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Germany.
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