“James Cahill and Zhi Garden International Symposium” held in Beijing

by admin · Published December 13, 2018 · Updated January 28, 2019

James Cahill and Zhiyuan Garden: An International Symposium on China-U.S. Garden Cultural, held on December 8th in Beijing and the symposium was co-hosted by Beijing Forestry University and the Museum of Chinese Gardens and Landscape Architecture.

Some 10 leading researchers and experts from China and U.S. as keynote speakers gathered to address the finding missing garden Zhi Garden with 2 countries scholars joint efforts, the symposium attracted about 300 audiences.

As most respected politicians in Los Angeles area, California State senator Ben Allen and Chair of Los Angeles County board of supervisor Janice Hahn sent their commendation certificates to the symposium organizers, scholars and Los Angeles County Art of Museum (LACMA) which dedicated the talents and efforts jointly from the clues of a set of ancient Chinese paintings in finding the 400 years historical private garden which disappeared about 100 years ago.

Keynote speakers and panelists are Chen Lihua, Wu Huan, Cao Xun, Li Xiong ,Jia Jun, Xin Juan , He Yong, Huang Xiao, Liu Shanshan, Chi ZhongRui, Wu ZhiGang, Zhao Baole, Kong Wan, Einor Cervone, Guo Lishuang, Meng Zhaozhen, Sarah Cahill, Zhang Jian, Hong Zaixin, Wang Xiangrong, Skip Sweeney, Kendall Brown, Zhao Danping, etc.

Cultures exchange will help ease current tensions between the US and China and will contribute to increasing understanding between the peoples of the two countries, in finding Zhi Garden, two countries scholars’ collaboration set up a very typical and meaning case, said Richard Ren, president of Chinese American Institute for Public Diplomacy.

Executive organizers are Beijing Cultural Industry Association, The Forbidden City Honghua Culture co. LTD, School of Landscape Architecture, Beijing Forestry University.

Co-sponsors are Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, James Cahill Asian Art Study Center（JCAASC), China Academy of Art Library, SDX Joint Publishing, Wu Huan Art Gallery.

Supporters are China Foundation for Cultural Heritage Conservation Publicity. Department of Changzhou Municipal Committee of China, Changzhou Green Management Bureau, Chinese Rosewood Museum, Wu Huan Art Foundation, Landscape Architecture Journal Periodical Office, Yixing Museum, Changzhou Museum, Los Angeles Post, Chinese American Association for the Promotion of Public Diplomacy, Movable Type Corperation, China Culture Daily.

Zhang Yahong, Curator of the Museum of Chinese Gardens and deputy director of Beijing Park Management Center

Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn’s congratulatory certificates presented to the organizers and researchers.

Wu Huan, member of the national committee of CPPCC, Chinese calligrapher and painter

Chen Lihua (Middle), director of China Red Sandlewood Museum, member of the national committee of CPPCC

Liu Yaozhong (Left 4), deputy curator of the Museum of Chinese Gardens and Landscape Architecture.

Kong Wan, Researcher in Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)

Address by Yu Cuiyan, Co-founder of James Cahill Asian Art Study Center (directed by Einor Cervone of LACMA)

Li Xiong, Vice-President of Beijing Forestry University

Sarah Cahill (daughter of James Cahill, pianist and writer): My Father’s Travels in China

Zhang Jian (professor at China Academy of Art, Librarian of China Academy of Art Library): Interacting Sight-Construction and Vision of China Academy of Art Library of James Cahill

Hong Zaixin (professor at University of Puget Sound): From Zhi Garden Album to Global Gardens Album-Enlightenment of James Cahill’s Study of Garden Painting

Huang Xiao (teacher at Beijing Forestry University): Zhiyuan Garden in the Ming Dynasty: Chinese Gardens and Landscape as Major Art

Skip Sweeney (Director of Gazing into the Past, the Documentary of James Cahill): My Work With James Cahill

Kendall Brown (Professor at California State University, Long Beach): James Cahill’s Unexpected Legacy: Asian Gardens as Places of Wellness

Jia Jun (Professor at School of Architecture, Tsinghua University: Wu Liang’s Zhiyuan Garden: Allusions in Garden Life, Travelling and Sightseeing of Jiangnan Literati in Ming Dynasty

Zhao Danping (Researcher of the Museum of Chinese Gardens and Landscape Architecture): The Art of the Sculpture and Model of Zhiyuan Garden

Liu Shanshan (Researcher in Beijing Institute of Landscape and Traditional Architecture Design and Rearch): Retrospection and Vision of the Studies on Zhiyuan Garden