希腊驻广州总领事：中国画的“留白”别具特色

Guangdong is a major province of intangible cultural heritage in China. Throughout history, the Lingnan culture with distinctive civilian characteristics, international exchanges, and mutual learning has been formed in Guangdong.

Recently, we invited some consulate officials who live and work in Guangzhou to share their experiences and feelings about the traditional Chinese culture and art and the Lingnan intangible cultural heritage.

Consul General of Greece in Guangzhou Martinos Mandalidis said ："Recently, I attended an exhibition in the Guangzhou branch of Rong Bao Zhai (Studio of Glorious Treasures), enjoying different kinds of intangible cultural heritage from China and Guangdong, such as tea ceremonies and incense burning."

The Greek diplomat also said:"It's very difficult for me to choose a favorite cultural category but I find a very interesting point in Chinese painting—"blank space" (which is called LiuBai). The blank space becomes an integral part of the whole painting, which is completely different from the traditional painting in western countries."

▲希腊驻广州总领事马提诺斯·曼达里蒂斯

广东是全国非物质文化遗产大省，经过历史的积淀，形成了民系特色鲜明、国际交流互鉴的岭南文化。日前，我们邀请多位在广州生活、工作的领事馆官员，以自述的形式，分享他们对中国传统文化艺术、岭南非遗的体验与感受。

希腊驻广州总领事马提诺斯·曼达里蒂斯：日前，我在荣宝斋广州分店参加花朝雅集活动，欣赏到了来自中国以及广东的不同种类的非物质文化遗产，比如茶艺、焚香，等等。我很难选择一个最喜欢的文化类别，但我发现在中国画中，非常有趣的一点就是“留白”。空白的空间成为整体绘画的一个组成部分，这与西方的传统绘画完全不同。