Nepali embassy organises cultural exhibition in Beijing
Kathmandu, December 21
A three-day cultural exhibition titled ‘Echo of Civilisations: China-Nepal Culture Salon’ began today at the Embassy of Nepal in Beijing, China.
Centred around the theme of ‘Cultural Exchanges and Mutual Learning among Civilisations’, the event is being hosted by the embassy with the support of Chinese Culture Translation and Studies Support and Beijing Language and Culture University. Ancient artworks, paintings and books about Nepal and China are on display in the exhibition.
A Nepali delegation comprising Nepal Academy Chancellor Ganga Prasad Uprety, Hiranya Lal Shrestha, Ramesh Dhungel and Basudev Dhakal is also on China visit to take part in the programme.
Nepal’s Ambassador to China Leela Mani Paudyal and a number of distinguished guests from Nepal and China addressed the opening ceremony held this morning highlighting various aspects of Nepal-China cultural relations.
Welcoming the guests, Ambassador Paudyal underscored the historic strong cultural relations between the two countries and emphasised on the need to elevate the exemplary relations to strategic partnership for economic growth and development, according to a statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Chancellor Uprety, CCCTS Director Huang Zhuoyue and former Chinese ambassador to Nepal Li Debiao also spoke on the occasion about the importance of cultural relations for the promotion of overall bilateral cooperation.
The programme was attended by about 100 participants from governmental and non-governmental agencies from Nepal and China. Two books on China — ‘Trans-Himalayan Silk Road’ and ‘Aloukik China’ — published in Nepali language and written by Hiranya Lal Shrestha and Ajay Shrestha, respectively, were also unveiled jointly by Ambassador Paudyal and Chancellor Uprety on the occasion, according to the statement.
Later in the afternoon, the participants also took part in another dialogue on ‘Common Characters and Differences in Cultural Communication’ organised at China National Publications Import and Export Group.