ISSA Fujian \ 7th China (Hui'an) Sculpture Art Festival concluded

On the morning of October 11, the 7th China (Hui'an) Sculpture Art Festival, and ISSA Fujian Station ended in 

Hui'an Sculpture Art Cultural and Creative Park.

The 7th China (Hui'an) Sculpture Art Festival began on September 28th in the world's stone sculpture capital - 

Hui'an. "Shi Ke Ying Zao" stone sculpture creation and design competition from August 26th issued the first 

global call for orders, through the collection of submissions, program evaluation, artists invited, resident creation,

 the total duration of 46 days. The theme of the competition is "Creation in Stone", and 372 submissions were 

collected from artists from 17 countries, covering 17 countries, including China (including Hong Kong and Taiwan),

 Bulgaria, Poland, Germany, France, Korea, the Netherlands, Montenegro, Canada, Czech Republic, Japan, Serbia, 

Turkey, Spain, Iran, Italy, UK, etc. The competition is a great success. The competition covers 17 countries 

including China (including Hong Kong and Taiwan), Bulgaria, Poland, Germany, France, Korea, the Netherlands, 

Montenegro, Canada, the Czech Republic, Japan, Serbia, Turkey, Spain, Iran, Italy, the United Kingdom, etc., 

which demonstrates the international influence and participation of the competition. In the resident creation 

of the art festival, 55 artists from home and abroad gathered in Hui'an, the peak of the showdown, through 

the vigorous artists and experienced craftsmen assistants across the age of the seamless dialogue, the 

passionate collision of traditional handmade and modern wisdom, foreign artists and local craftsmen 

cross-border exchange of skills, a total of 52 large-scale stone sculptures, demonstrating a clever combination 

of ideas and skills, passion and creation of the The beauty of art.

After a fierce competition, "Shi Ke Ying Zao" stone sculpture creation and design competition awarded "carved 

to create" the Grand Prize 1, the best works award 8, 43 outstanding works award. Competition works exhibition 

in Hui'an sculpture cultural and creative park officially open to the public. Citizens and tourists are invited to 

enjoy these exquisite stone sculptures up close, feel the creativity and skill of artists at home and abroad. 

Ceremony site also announced that the festival held concurrently with the Fujian Province, "Craftsman Cup"

 works of newcomers exhibition and "artisan style" shallow relief carving innovation design competition results.

This sculpture festival is a competition of the largest scale, the highest specifications, involving the most 

extensive and very high level for Hui’an Stone Sculpture . The competition not only injects a new impetus 

of globalization for the high-quality development of Hui'an stone sculpture industry, and makes the global 

attention focus on Hui'an again, but also makes the urban public art become a new track for the future of 

stone sculpture art living. In the process of resident creation, Hui'an traditional craftsmen and artists at home 

and abroad sincere cooperation, exquisite skills and international attention of the convergence and fusion, but 

also let the world once again recognize the beauty of Hui'an craftsmen's skills and the beauty of the culture,

 for Hui'an opened the door to international exchanges, so that "born to the sea, to the new development," 

the stone sculpture of Hui'an burst into a new "Stone carving power".

Materials Provider: Zhang Aidong 

Editor: Liu Qin, Song Mingcheng

Translator: Sun Ya’nan

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