BEIJING – An art exhibition featuring the works of Chinese teenagers has been simultaneously held today on China's orbiting Tiangong ("Sky Palace") space station, as well as in Beijing and Macau.
This exhibition, themed "I love my motherland," is the fourth of its kind to be held aboard the Tiangong space station, while it is the first time that such an event takes place simultaneously in space and on Earth.
This year's exhibition features 75 artworks that were sent to the Chinese space station in mid-November. The paintings were selected from over 20,000 submitted by teenagers across China.
The Shenzhou-19 crew aboard Tiangong space station showcased these works while sending video greetings back to Earth.
Art shows, parts of the event, have also been held today at an exhibition hall in the Palace Museum in Beijing and at the Macau Science Center.
The exhibition coincides with the 25th Anniversary of Macau's return to the motherland. The Shenzhou-19 crew has wished the motherland prosperity and peace, and Macau a better future.
An aerospace education program organized by the Palace Museum, the China Space Foundation and other institutions has been launched today at the same site of the art show in the Palace Museum. The two events will remain open to the public until January 5.
The Macau Administrative Region (MSAR) celebrates the 25th Anniversary of its establishment on Friday. President Xi Jinping will visit between Wednesday and Friday.
The MSAR’s sixth-term government’s chief executive, Sam Hou Fai, and other principal officials and the chief public prosecutor will be sworn in on Friday.
– Xinhua, MPD
