Print from Emperor Jiaqing of Qing Dynasty by Collection of the National Art Museum of China

　　The Breezing Willow--- Collection of Ancient New Year Paintings from the National Art Museum of China and Auspicious Blessings for the Chinese New Year---Collection of Folk Arts from the National Art the Chinese Museum of China have been held at Parkview Museum and Cultural Centre resepectively at in Singapore respectively at the same period in Singapore from January 22nd to April 12th.

　　Some 127 pieces of fine collection of ancient New Year paintings from the Yangliuqing Village in Tianjin as a collection of the National Art Museum of China formed the first exhibition presented by Parkview Museum of Singapore, National Art Museum of China and China Cultural Centre in Singapore, ranging from Emperor Kangxi of Qing Dynasty to the late Qing and Republic of China by ages, many of which are the exclusive copies with extremely high value. The exhibition comprehensively displays the theme, function and crafts, and fully presents the style of the ancient Chinese New Year paintings, conveying the way of thinking and aesthetics contained in traditional Chinese paintings.

　　The Auspicious Blessings for the Chinese New Year--- Collection of Folk Arts from the National Art Museum of China jointly brought to the people of Singapore by Parkview Museum of Singapore, National Art Museum of China and China Cultural Centre in Singapore is an important part of the cultural activities of the overseas "Happy Spring Festival" series organized by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the People's Republic of China. The 40 pieces of folk art in the exhibition are selected from more than 60,000 pieces of folk art collections held by the National Art Museum of China. They consist of folk paintings, paper-cuts and embroidery artworks featuring the theme of "Auspicious Blessings". The works of the New Year paintings are selected from the collections of more than 3,000 pieces of folk paintings of the National Art Museum of China, as most of them are ancient and precious Chinese New Year pictures; the paper-cuts are selected from the works of Chinese papercutting master Gao Fenglian in the collection of the National Art Museum of China; and the embroidery works are auspicious and festive embroidery products from northern China, representing the highest level of folk embroidery.