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Lithuania arts to be exhibited in China

Xinhua, January 21, 2017 Adjust font size:

A Lithuanian arts exhibition will be held in China this spring, Lithuanian Cultural Minister Liana Ruokyte-Jonsson said Friday.

Ruokyte-Jonsson made the statement at the opening ceremony of the "Silk Road Treasures Exhibition" held at the Museum of Applied Arts and Design in Vilnius.

The exhibition is to mark the 25th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the Republic of Lithuania, she said.

"For the first time in Lithuania, there is an exhibition of creations from one of the world's oldest civilizations," she told Xinhua.

The exhibition displays artifacts dated back to the Western Zhou Dynasty (1046-771 BC) until Ming Dynasty (1368-1644 AD) from a region from which the ancient Silk Road began.

The artifact collection demonstrates the interaction between Eastern and Western cultures during that period.

"We have dispatched cultural attache to our embassy in your country in charge of the cultural exchange between our countries," she said.

"Before we seldom had performances coming from China. Now every year we have Chinese artists performing here and Lithuanian artists going to China," said the minister. Endit