Li Weilin, a student from Jingkai First Primary School in Xi'an, Northwest China's Shaanxi Province, made this 2016 award-winning painting of the Yellow Emperor. (Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn)
A nationwide fine arts and calligraphy competition themed on Huangdi (the Yellow Emperor) for students in kindergartens, primary and high schools was unveiled on Monday in Xi'an, capital of Northwest China's Shaanxi Province.
The Yellow Emperor, said to have lived about 2,600 BC, is widely regarded as the initiator of Chinese civilization and one of the ancient ancestors for all Chinese.
The competition started Monday, before the Qingming Festival, also known as Tomb-Sweeping Day, where worshiping ancestors is a long-standing Chinese tradition.
For the traditional festival, students are taught about the Yellow Emperor and related traditional Chinese culture and encouraged to use their imaginations and express their understanding through creative paintings.
Paintings and calligraphy for the event, now in its fourth year, are being collected nationwide and will conclude at the end of June.
It also is one of the 15 types of events paying homage to the Yellow Emperor before and after the Qingming Festival. Other activities include searching family history for overseas Chinese, folk art performances, photo exhibitions, calligraphy and painting exhibitions, lectures, academic seminars, concerts and tree plantings.
This award-winning painting from 2016 is by Han Shanshan, a primary school student from Northwest China's Shaanxi Province. (Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn)
An award-winning work in 2017 is this drawing of the legendary war between the Yellow Emperor and Chiyou, an ancient tribal leader, by Guozixin, a pupil from Maqizhai Primary School in Xi'an, Northwest China's Shaanxi Province. (Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn)
An award-winning work in 2017 is this drawing of the legendary war between the Yellow Emperor and ancient tribal leader Chiyou, by Tian Runqing, a primary school student from Northwest China's Shaanxi Province. (Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn)
Zhang Luman, a pupil from Yantalu Primary School in Xi'an, Northwest China's Shaanxi Province, made this award-winning work in 2017. It's a drawing of the Yellow Emperor's life if he lived today. (Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn)
An award-winning work in 2017 features the 1,000-year-old cypress tree planted to honor the Yellow Emperor in the Song Dynasty (960-1279), by Zhang Heying, a primary school student from Northwest China's Shaanxi Province. (Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn)
The 1,000-year-old cypress tree planted to honor the Yellow Emperor in the Song Dynasty (960-1279) is featured in this award-winning work from 2017 by Qu Yuxin, a primary school student from Northwest China's Shaanxi Province. (Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn)
The mausoleum of the Yellow Emperor is built under the sea in this 2018 award-winning work by Wei Mingze from Chanba Second Primary School in Xi'an, Northwest China's Shaanxi Province. (Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn)
An award-winning work from 2018 features the Yellow Emperor holding the reins of the giant three-head bird pulling his vehicle in the sky. It's by Wu Junhao, a primary school student from Northwest China's Shaanxi Province. (Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn)
