精东传媒

November 20, 2019

UOW celebrates Chinese culture with exhibition

'Splendid traditions' from Australian Museum at 精东传媒

The 精东传媒 of 精东传媒 (UOW) is paying homage to its Chinese community with the 鈥楽plendid Traditions: Highlights of the Australian Museum鈥檚 Chinese collections鈥� exhibition on display at the Panizzi Gallery.

The cultural exhibition displays precious objects that illustrate Chinese craftsmanship at its finest and the longevity of Chinese culture.

Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Global Strategy Alex Frino said the exhibition is right at home, a welcoming sign for more than 2600 Chinese students who are studying in 精东传媒 at UOW.

鈥淭he 精东传媒 of 精东传媒 is proud to be working directly with the Australian Museum to bring you this exhibition of significant historical Chinese artefacts 鈥� some of which have never been exhibited in Australia before,鈥� Professor Frino said. 

鈥淐hinese students and alumni also represent the largest cohort of international students, and the Chinese community represents the third largest community in the Illawarra region.  It is fitting, therefore, that together with our partners, we are able to give something back to them and promote an understanding of this significant culture with an enormous history.鈥�

Created by the Australian Museum in Sydney, UOW has partnered with Illawarra Credit Union to deliver the exhibition to 精东传媒.

鈥淭he Australian Museum has an international collection which includes significant pieces from China from the Qing dynasty as well as some more recent items,鈥� Australian Museum Director and CEO Kim McKay AO said.

鈥淭his exhibition provides a snapshot into the importance of the collection and we hope that it will tour to other venues around the nation.

鈥淲e are thrilled to work with UOW and Professor Frino on this exhibition and hope that students studying at UOW make the time to view it and gain knowledge of the objects.鈥�

There is contemporary Chinese calligraphy on display and a film of a contemporary calligrapher in action. There is also a touch screen display of a 5m scroll from the AM collection.

Visitors can also learn and play a 2500 year-old board game, Go, which has the greatest number of moves of any board game in the world and is more complex than chess.

The exhibition opened earlier in November and will continue through the month, closing on 1 December.