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88-year-old painter finishes 200-meter-long landscape painting

2010-03-18 15:20 BJT

People will be amazed by the 199.65-meter-long and 1.3-meter-high “The Great Wall” painting in the Dongsi Olympic Community. This grand painting was done by Li Mozu at the age of 88.

Li Mozu and his painting
Li Mozu and his painting

Li said that starting on the first day of 2006, he, acompanied by his relatives, began walking along the Great Wall through several provinces, municipality and autonomous regions like Hebei, Beijing and Liaoning. "It took me 4 hours to get to the top of the Jiankou Great Wall," he added. Thanks to his good health, the old man was able to finally finish the nearly 200-meter-long painting in 2009. However, the issue of how to display the work to the public soon emerged. Since the length of the painting itself is nearly 200 meters, its total length is 230 meters if text is included at the beginning and ending of the work. Common exhibition halls are not big enough to display such a long work. To fulfill the wish of the old man, some of his warmhearted friends are looking for a proper exhibition site.

Editor: Shi Taoyang | Source: CCTV.com