Beijing exhibition brings cross-strait calligraphy and painting together

Nearly 100 works filled Beijing Taiwan Hall when the exhibition Spiritual Lineage, Landscape Scrolls: Cross-Strait Master Calligraphy and Painting Exhibition Celebrating the 105th Anniversary of the Communist Party of China opened on June 28, 2026. The show ran through July 2 and brought together more than 100 calligraphers and painters from both sides of the Taiwan Strait, with older works shown again beside new pieces unveiled for the first time.

The venue sharpened the reading. Beijing Taiwan Hall, in Dongcheng District, is described as the mainland’s only original-site reconstructed and expanded Taiwan Hall and a cross-strait exchange base. That history fit the show’s layout, which leaned on large scroll presentation and painter-calligrapher crossover rather than a simple wall-hung display. The strongest impression came from how brush rhythm, composition and ink handling carried the conversation, with landscape structure and calligraphic line placed on the same plane.

Kong Lingzhi, Yang Jian, Ma Xiaoguang, Cai Rui, Xie Minghui, Ma Niantai, Jiang Songzhi and Yang Liyuan were among the attendees and speakers. Organizers framed the exhibition as both an art event and a cultural exchange platform, linking mainland development achievements, red-heritage themes and shared ancestry. Representatives from Taiwan-related organizations also presented the show as a way to deepen mutual understanding and give visitors from Taiwan a clearer view of mainland social and cultural change.

The opening activities also included a signing ceremony for the co-creation of a Strong Country Reading Plan. The agreement involved the Taiwan Strait Publishing House, China Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan Overseas Chinese International Integration Development Group, Beijing Zhonghong Huahong Cultural Development Co. and the China Volunteer Service Foundation, tying the exhibition to a broader push in publishing, public education and cooperative cultural production.

Yang Jian said the project continued a five-year cross-strait artistic collaboration that began with the Communist Party of China centenary and included a 100-meter joint scroll titled Communist Party of China Spiritual Lineage. Another large work, Motherland’s Rivers and Mountains, had already toured in Beijing, Shaanxi and Liaoning before returning to the exhibition. That gave the show its clearest through line: a room where long scrolls, shared brushwork and returning works made the opening day feel less like a one-off display than another chapter in an already moving hand.