Ancient Temple Gallery
Ancient Temple Gallery offers beautiful Chinese flower paintings
Hello, I'm David. I live in Beijing.
With the Olympics near, I wish to do something to help you understand our culture and history, and to welcome you to Beijing.
Today, I'd like to introduce you a traditional Chinese painting shop in Liulichang area, a historic district in the middle of Beijing.
Mr. Xie, the owner, is an accomplished artist of traditional Chinese painting. At the time when I visited his gallery, he was working on a painting of peony flowers ordered by a foreign tourist.
Mr. Xie has been painting since he was 15 years old. And that was 39 years ago. As he lived near an art academy growing up, he always wanted to be a painter. Later he was accepted into the academy. That's when he learned to paint.
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