Designs featuring Shanxi culture, tourism go on show

(chinadaily.com.cn)

Updated: 2019-08-22

The awards ceremony for the first Shanxi Cultural Tourism Creative Product Design Competition was held at Taiyuan Art Museum in Taiyuan, Shanxi province, on Aug 18.

Since its launch in April, the competition has collected more than 3,100 pieces of work by participants from 26 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities and 58 universities across China. 

Following an expert review and online voting, the organizers handed out six creative design gold awards, 19 silvers, 28 bronzes, 10 marketing potential awards, 204 excellence awards, 28 outstanding organization awards and 29 outstanding instructor awards. 

The entries featuring Shanxi characteristics are refreshing designs for their innovation, artistry and cultural connotations," said Wang Lin, deputy director of the Shanxi Department of Culture and Tourism. 

The award-winning works and selected works exhibition from the competition opened in the museum on the same day. Creative designs relating to culture, tourism products, fashion articles for daily use, traditional crafts and intangible cultural heritage, brand and packaging are on display until Aug 22.

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An awards ceremony takes place for the First Shanxi Cultural Tourism Creative Product Design Competition, at Taiyuan Art Museum in Taiyuan in Shanxi province, on Aug 18. [Photo/Xinhua]

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Folk artwork goes on show on Aug 18. [Photo/Xinhua]