Head of Moscow office of Hainan Airlines Mr. Zhang Te visited Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy

July 19, 2019

The Head of the Moscow Representative Office of Hainan Airlines, China, Mr. Zhang Te, visited the Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy on July 18, 2019. Mr. Zhang has been living in Moscow for nine years and speaks perfect Russian, so a tour for him was given in the same. The guest highly appraised exhibits on display and paid special attention to the Chinese calligraphy room, which features the artworks by artists from his native Heilongjiang province, including those by Zhao Xueli, one of the best contemporary Chinese calligraphers. The leader of the Moscow office of Hainan Airlines took a particular interest in the handwritten Constitution of the Russian Federation created by Petr Chobitko, the Head of the Russian Union of Calligraphers, and the calligraphy tools exhibited in the final room of the museum.

Following the tour, Deputy Director of the Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy Alexey Kharyutkin demonstrated exhibit hall 7a, which is about to host the “Great Chinese Calligraphy and Painting” exhibition – it is designed to celebrate the 70th anniversary of establishing diplomatic ties between Russia and China. This project has been initiated by Alexey Shaburov, the Museum Director. Between September 20 and 22 this year the two-store exhibit hall with the total area of about 4000 sq. m. will put on display painting and calligraphy masterpieces from the Celestial Empire. The preparations are currently in full swing.

At the meeting Mr. Zhang Te and Alexey Shaburov, Director of the Contemporary Museum of Calligraphy, discussed the future partnership between Hainan Airlines and the Museum. Shaburov presented to Mr. Zhang Te a book in Russian and Chinese named “The Silk Road on the Tip of a Brush,” written by an artist and former Chinese diplomat to Russia and the CIS countries, Feng Ishu. Mr. Zhang Te invited Mr. Shaburov to pay a return visit to the Moscow office of Hainan Airlines.