Beijing Chateau
Laffitte
More than 20 French castles and castle museum will demonstrate
their world-class artistic treasures in China for the first time.
This European Castle's Culture and Arts Exhibition will be held in
Beijing Chateau Laffitte from May 26th to July 28th, 2007. More
than 200 articles are all from ancient castles and castle-museums
established during 12th to 19th century.
Classic oil paintings, tapestry, porcelains, jewelry and classic
furniture are available for visitors. During the exhibition, more
than 10 French artists of traditional art-crafts will show their
skills of painting, tapestry netting, bronze casting and
carving.
Mr. Zhang Yuchen and his wife Mrs. Zhou Jianmin, the owner of
Beijing Chateau Laffitte and the sponsors of the exhibition, will
host a grand French Royal Banquet in an effort to invite the
celebrities who will taste the genuine French cuisine prepared by
French chefs around the end of July 2007. Prince Louis de Bourbon
and his wife Mary Margarette, successor of the royal family, will
come to preside over the banquet.
ZhangYuchen, followed by foreign media with strong passion,
together with his wife, zhou Jianmin, initiated this exhibition to
show their love for French culture.
Zhang started to learn and became interested in French culture
by reading a lot of French literature by Alexandre Dumas, Victor
Hugo and Gustave Flaubert. He made up his mind to build a French
chateau in Beijing when he set his feet for the first time on the
soil of French capital of arts in 2001.
In 2004, he built his 300-hectare Beijing Chateau Laffitte along
Wenyu River in Beijing's suburb. The chateau absorbs the
architecture of Chateau Vaux Le Vicomte, Chateau Masion Laffittem
and Chateau de Fontainebleau, sharing the style of Baroque of the
European Renaissance.
(China.org.cn April 20, 2007)
