Fernando Lugris (second from right), Uruguayan ambassador to China, puts his signature on the China-Uruguay commemorative envelope at the unveiling ceremony at the Liangmaqiao Diplomatic Office building in Beijing, July 6, 2019. [Photo by Yang Xiaoyu/chinadaily.com.cn]
The unveiling ceremony for the China-Uruguay and China-Cuba Commemorative Envelopes took place Friday at the Liangmaqiao Diplomatic Office building in Beijing.
Themed “Envelopes Travel Thousands of Miles, Remain True to Our Original Aspiration”, the ceremony was part of the cultural exchange program sponsored by the China Foundation for Peace and Development. This program celebrates the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China and promotes friendly ties between China and multiple nations through cultural exchanges.
Unveiling the commemorative envelopes and addressing the ceremony were Wang Hua, deputy secretary-general of the China Foundation for Peace and Development; Fernando Lugris, Uruguayan ambassador to China; and Lisbet Quesada Luna, chargé d’affaires ad interim of the Cuban embassy to China.
The China-Uruguay commemorative envelope is unveiled at the Liangmaqiao Diplomatic Office building in Beijing, July 6, 2019. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]
The main paintings on the two commemorative envelopes symbolize the achievements of cultural exchanges between China and these two Latin American countries.
The painting Scales of Dragon on the China-Uruguay commemorative envelope, featuring a rising dragon in a bagua pattern (the eight diagrams in Taoism) with exotic elements, was jointly created by Chinese artist Zhu Shouzhen and Uruguayan artist Gustavo Fernandez.
The one on the China-Cuba commemorative envelope was a co-creation of Chinese artist Wu Xiaolin and Cuban artist Li Dominguez Fong. The work, titled Red Mecca, features the Jinggang Mountains and the Sierra Maestra with azalea and pansy flowers in a riot of colors, symbolizing the two nations’ revolutions and struggles.
Wang Hua (second from left), deputy secretary-general of the China Foundation for Peace and Development; and Lisbet Quesada Luna (third from right), chargé d’affaires ad interim of the Cuban embassy to China; unveil the China-Cuba commemorative envelope at the Liangmaqiao Diplomatic Office building in Beijing, July 6, 2019. [Photo by Yang Xiaoyu/chinadaily.com.cn]
The artworks on the commemorative envelopes embody great feelings. Artists were inspired by the representative elements of their own countries, and collaborated to record the beautiful friendship between our people through art, said Wang in his opening remarks.
The event is also part of the celebrations to mark the 60th anniversary of China-Uruguay parliamentary friendly exchanges, Lugris said.
Next year, we will celebrate the 60th anniversary of the establishment of China-Cuba diplomatic ties, and meaningful events of this kind can keep deepening the friendship between the people in our two countries, Lisbet said.
The China-Uruguay commemorative envelope is unveiled at the Liangmaqiao Diplomatic Office building in Beijing, July 6, 2019. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]
