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Egyptians learn ceramic painting in Shanghai
By:Zheng Qian  |  From:english.eastday.com  |  2020-01-02 17:54

Officials from the Egyptian Ministry of Culture, as well as experts and scholars from the country’s cultural industry attended a ceramic art course at the Shanghai Urban Construction Vocational College recently.

The course is one part of a three-week seminar initiated by the Chinese Ministry of Commerce for the Egyptians, which covers how cultural industries and traditional handicraft skills can be passed on to the young.

To let the Egyptian friends from afar feel the difference between ceramics and paper painting, the lecturer Shi Hongwei, a senior craft artist, especially arranged a course themed on the procedure of coloring in ceramics production.

“The reason it is necessary for us to master these processes in ceramics production is that we should understand ancient art and inherit traditional culture, and at the same time repair ancient damaged cultural relics. To this day, ceramic works production can be mechanized on a large scale, but handmade works are still irreplaceable. "

Heidiel Muzmeer, a PhD majored in animation and graphic design in Helwan University, is among those experiencing the Chinese ceramics. Due to her past experience in the restoration of some cultural relics in Egypt, such as blankets and other handmade textiles, she was especially impressed with the lecture about bronzeware given on the first day and this course on ceramics painting. In her painting, there were Chinese elements like the ladies of the Tang Dynasty and bamboo. Muzmeer said that the reason to draw a Chinese painting is to bring the Chinese culture back to Egypt and this painting was a good souvenir of her time here.

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