Hangzhou salon celebrates art as humanity's shared beauty

Updated: 2025-10-21 12:36 ( chinadaily.com.cn )

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Kelvin Jacob, chief cultural officer of Grenada’s Ministry of Tourism, Creative Economy and Culture, gives a speech at the World Poetry Dance Music and Visual Arts Salon in Liangzhu of Hangzhou, East China’s Zhejiang province, on Oct 18, 2025. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

"To speak of shared beauty is to recognize that beauty is not merely aesthetic—it is relational. It is found in the meeting point between cultures, in the harmony between voices, in the respect between traditions," Kelvin Jacob, chief cultural officer of Grenada's Ministry of Tourism, Creative Economy and Culture, said in a speech. "Shared civilization does not erase difference, it celebrates it. It does not homogenize—it harmonizes."

"Poetry, dance, music, and visual art are the original bridges between cultures. They teach us to see through another's eyes. They allow us to feel what statistics cannot express. They remind us that before we are citizens of nations, we are citizens of the imagination," he added.

Zhang Weiguo, director of the Network of International Culturalink Entities, the said in his speech that his organization invited artists from various countries to gather in Liangzhu, a testament to the 5000-year-old Chinese civilization, was for promoting two-way exchanges and co-creation of performances, and fostering a cultural resonance across borders.