The 12th Chinese Photography Art Festival and The 2nd Sanmenxia White Swan·Wildlife International Photography Exhibition is Opened

All the guests gather in the Yellow River, camera focuses on the city of swan. In the morning of November 18, the 12th Chinese Photography Art Festival and the 2nd Sanmenxia White Swan·Wildlife International Photography Exhibition was opened in Sanmenxia international cultural exhibition city, Henan province. It is reported that the activity of festival and exhibition will continue to November 25.

The opening ceremony of the 12th Chinese Photography Art Festival and the 2nd Sanmenxia White Swan·Wildlife International Photography Exhibition [Photo by Fu Rui]

Secretary of the CPC Sanmenxia municipal committee, Liu Nanchang addresses in the opening ceremony[Photo by Fu Rui]

Liu Nanchang said that rely on the good environment, Sanmenxia concentrated on build a beautiful Sanmenxia which can provide the environment that human and nature coexist harmoniously here. Aimed at building “Home of Swan in China, Sanmenxia combines ecotourism and photography together deeply, and creates a new situation of promoting ecological civilization. Sanmenxia has hold two international photography exhibition successfully with the theme of “White Swan”, so that it shows almost 3000 masterpieces of more than one thousand photographers from almost 50 countries in the world, the brand of “Sanmenxia in the Yellow River, beautiful city of swan” has won support among the people.

The 2nd Sanmenxia White Swan·Wildlife International Photography Exhibition [Photo by Fu Rui]

Sanmenxia is located in the border of the Yellow River and Yangtze River with rich and colorful topography, it is also the biggest habitat and viewing area for white swan. From the beginning of December to March, thousands of swans come here to enjoy their winter time from Siberia, forming an ecological scene that human and nature coexist harmoniously. So Sanmenxia was named “Home of Swan in China”.

The unveil ceremony of “Home of photography in China” mark stone [Photo by Zhang Yunxi]

In the morning of November 18, Chinese Photographers Society also gave the title “Home of photography in China” to Sanmenxia.