UCCA initiates a new cultural series called “Rebirth of Folk Art” in 2010. Folk arts is not only about the beautiful works crafted by Chinese minorities, it is also deeply rooted within the lives and mindset of minority groups. Chinese traditional folk and minority specialists, artists, travelers, and designers will discuss folk art and highlight its most fascinating aspects. Each talk will reveal how the beauty of Chinese folk art is still alive today, and how it interacts with our present life in an attempt to revitalize traditional folk culture.

Dunhuang is one of the world’s most fascinating places, owing its reputation to the splendour of its ancient painted caves, and to its position as an important Buddhist center on the Silk Road. How can we keep the spirit of Dunhuang and its treasures alive today? Protecting Dunhuang’s legacy and maintaining it as a center of the arts must involve greater public awareness.

Mr. Chang Jiahuang will take us on a tour of the Dunhuang art world, and explores its past, present and future.

ABOUT OUR GUEST ：

Chang Jiahuang（Chang Jiahuang is an artist living in Japan, and is the son of Chang Shuhong, the renowned scholar. He is a specialist of Dunhuang studies, and is also known to many as ”the protector of the Dunhuang caves“. Chang Jiahuang has long been engaged in the protection and research of Dunhuang art, and has made a great effort to fulfill his father's last wish of building new caves in Dunhuang.）