Everyday heroes

Hailing the national heroes and models endeavoring at the grassroots is the theme of the latest exhibition at the China National Academy of Painting, lasting till Feb 17. In recent years, the academy has arranged for its resident artists to portray people who have contributed to national development in their respective areas, such as Zhang Guimei, the principal of a free public high school for girls in rural Yunnan province. On show are classical Chinese and oil paintings, calligraphy scrolls, prints and sculptures that profile these ordinary heroes from different backgrounds, whose work has changed other people's lives.

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