山海心相通 诗画情相连
——第三届海峡两岸笔会琐记

文本刊记者 朱虹子 Zhu Hongzi 译曹宇光 Cao Yuguang

山海心相通 诗画情相连
——第三届海峡两岸笔会琐记

文本刊记者 朱虹子 Zhu Hongzi 译曹宇光 Cao Yuguang

Hearty Communications over Mountain and Sea, Affectionate Bond in Poetry and Painting——Trivial Notes on the 3rdJCEMAS

吴国华（大陆）摄影作品 Photography by Wu Guohua

写意美之岛、相会天之涯——第三届海峡两岸笔会12月10日至14日在三亚举办，70余位来自海峡两岸的作家、书法家、画家以及摄影家在这里携手采风创作，用笔头、镜头写意海南的人文美和自然美。本届笔会与会者包括海峡两岸著名作家蒋子龙、刘恒、韩少功、崽崽、季季、丘秀芷、吴钧尧；海峡两岸暨港澳画家尼玛泽仁、郭显中、陈运光、方宝价、陈显栋、林进忠、李振明、黄湘詅、沈平、黄开禄、曾国明；海峡两岸暨港澳书法家苏士澍、吴东民、赵长青、翟鑫、张炳煌、谢季芸、郭先伦、许雪明、赵维富；海峡两岸著名摄影家钱捍、武普敖、吴国华、林添福、黄子明、何经泰等。为期5天的笔会活动内容丰富多彩，包括举办“美丽三亚”系列采风、海峡两岸书画家共同书写“春联来了”、书法家集体创作书法长卷《无限春风来海上——苏东坡在海南诗词选》、画家集体创作大型国画《山水情》、海峡两岸书法名家到黎族小学与师生进行书法交流、海峡两岸文学家到海南高校讲学交流等活动，留下了许多精彩的篇章和难忘的瞬间。

海南省政协主席于迅、海峡两岸关系协会副会长叶克冬、海南省委副书记李军、中国文联第九届副主席杨承志以及董占顺、张松林、容丽萍、刘耿、徐亚辉、尚林、王绰中等领导和有关方面负责人士出席笔会或参加相关活动。叶克冬在会见参加海峡两岸笔会的文学艺术家时说，海峡两岸关系目前正处于严峻阶段，台湾出现文化“去中国化”的现象。琼台两地多年来在文化交流、经济合作等方面做了大量工作，为推动海峡两岸友好交流作出了突出贡献。杨承志说，海峡两岸笔会是社会影响力很大的民间文化交流活动，本届笔会有很多来自海峡两岸暨香港、澳门的文艺名家，将有助于海峡两岸传承和弘扬中华文化，海峡两岸文化界人士要深入开展文化上的交流，共同弘扬中华传统文化，致力实现中华民族伟大复兴。

纸条寻亲的意外之喜

12月12日，在结束当天的活动返程的大巴车上，笔会组织者、海峡两岸（海南）文化交流联合会会长张松林举着手机站起来宣布一个好消息：“本届笔会嘉宾、76岁的台湾作家丘秀芷要找的海南亲人，昨天经媒体发布，今天找到了！而且晚上就过来和丘秀芷老师相认。”全车一起为丘老师欢呼，丘老师也激动得一时难以言表。这位上下车都拒绝搀扶、和年轻人一样参加活动的坚强老人，简单地说了这一段缘由。这次从台湾来海南，丘秀芷临出门前丈夫符兆祥亲笔写下两张小纸条，纸条上是两个名字——“符祥雄”和“符家瑛”，分别是符兆祥的堂哥和姐姐。年届八旬的符兆祥祖籍海南文昌，父亲曾参加淞沪会战，后早逝。1949年以后，符兆祥被亲戚带去台湾。在此后多年间，他一直无法与自己家乡的亲人们取得联系。“我丈夫以前只要一提起海南老家的事就落泪，他去过全世界很多地方，却一直没回过海南，大概应了‘近乡情更怯’这个说法吧。”丘秀芷说：“人老了容易怀旧，我知道他其实很牵挂家乡的亲人。所以，就有了这次寻亲之举。”

下了大巴，丘秀芷默默回到房间，换了衣服，泡上一壶茶，然后站在房间露台向外张望着。在场的嘉宾和媒体无不为之惊讶和动容。“从昨天寻求媒体帮助到现在，不过一天时间，竟然真的找到了！”丘秀芷说。她觉得这像是在做梦，她即将和从文昌赶过来的符传涛等五人见面，他们就是丘秀芷的丈夫符兆祥从未谋面的亲人。

得知三位侄子和大侄媳妇、侄孙一行五人已经到了酒店，丘秀芷心情激动地对记者说：“自己成了新闻主角，不知该如何反应了。我该问些什么呢？或许，我应该到门口等。你看，楼梯那里是不是更亮堂……”她走到楼梯口，凝视着五位后辈从楼梯口走过来，一家人相拥在一起，因激动而哽咽。

见面后，一家人交流了各自的近况，符传涛告诉丘秀芷，大姑符家瑛上世纪50年代就去世了，父亲符祥雄也于4年前去世。“父亲临走前还念叨着我们从没见过面的堂叔符兆祥。我92岁的母亲还健在，听说亲人来找我们，她哭了一天。”符传涛红着眼眶说。怀着激动的心情，符传涛接通了符兆祥的电话。得知兄长和姐姐已经逝世，符兆祥询问了侄子一家现在的情况，表示明年一定要带着子女来海南看望亲人。

血浓于水的亲情，无法割舍的故土情怀，令丘秀芷这位老作家和参加笔会的同道们交流起来感慨万千。台湾作家季季说：“文学的力量是如此伟大，它可以穿越时空，将海峡两岸几十年未有联系的人联系在一起，我们要感谢它，得以让人们的感情凝聚在一起。”

为黎族校长改写对联

三亚市华丽黎族小学是一所书法特色学校，书法是这里孩子们的必修课。12月11日，这里的60名学生见到了新“老师” ——2016海峡两岸笔会十余位书法名家。

今年12岁的王姗姗是该校六年级的一名学生，笔会人员抵达时，她正在教室第一排临摹欧阳询的字帖。台湾“中国书法学会”顾问、台湾女书法家学会荣誉理事长谢季芸今年已经77岁高龄，看到这些黎族孩子对书法如此着迷，她情不自禁地在教室里给孩子们讲起了学习书法的基本要点。

“这60名学生是幸运的，他们成了海峡两岸文化交流的直接参与者。”华丽黎族小学的黎族校长黄嵘明有点激动，他请谢季芸写一副对联，谢老看着“寓教琴棋书画，寄情德智体美”两句话时，颇有些犹豫，她跟校长商量，在不失原意的前提下，要让联句词语讲对仗，音律更平仄，最后改成“寓教琴棋德育，寄情书画文明”。

传统文化在海峡两岸一点即通。黄校长感慨地说，练习书法要讲究文学功底，不仅要写好字，还需要读万卷书。

200米书法长卷“会晤”苏东坡

12月11日， 15位书法家以北宋大文豪苏东坡被贬谪至海南后所创作的诗词为内容，共同书写了200米书法长卷。他们用行书、楷书、隶书、草书等字体写下了数十首苏东坡的诗词，引来了游客的围观与赞赏。苏东坡不仅仅是我国一位优秀的词人、书法家，更与海南有着密切的联系，这次海峡两岸笔会艺术家汇聚在海南，通过这种方式实现了与古代文豪穿越时间的书法会晤。

令人瞩目的还有“春联来了”现场书写活动，书法家、画家即兴书写春联，通过春联与书法的完美结合，展示中华优秀传统文化的独特魅力。画家们还共绘了长约2.4米、宽约1.2米的画作《山海相依陆岛连根》，大海、帆船、渔村、芭蕉等岛屿元素，契合了大陆和琼台两岛山海相依、陆岛连根的主题情感，展现了宝岛的美丽风情。

“顽石也会被文化之根抱住”

十世班禅画师、中央文史馆馆员尼玛泽仁说：“海峡两岸笔会是文化连根的心灵交流，当前台湾上空笼罩着政治‘雾霾’，海峡两岸艺术家共画海岛风情，希望用文化的力量将之驱散。”

今年72岁的尼玛泽仁，戴着灰色小礼帽，他说对海峡两岸笔会一直感到很敬重。“不管在哪儿，多忙，也要来。”尼玛泽仁说自己接到“海峡两岸笔会”的邀请特别高兴。“我多次到台湾举办展览、文化交流。海峡两岸艺术家有共同的认知点，那就是优秀的中华传统文化，在这点上没有质疑，符合我们中华民族的需要。”他说，海峡两岸56个民族共同沐浴在五千年中华文明历史长河中，各个民族共同创造中华民族优秀的文化。海峡两岸笔会形式上是文化的交流，其实是心灵的沟通，是用中华文化点燃民族魂。

尼玛泽仁告诉记者，几天的海峡两岸笔会交流让他确信：“与台湾的艺术家们，心灵相通。当下最要紧的是海峡两岸人民对中华民族的认知、对中华民族前途的认知，不能允许任何一个人，用任何手段使国家分裂。我们文化人要用我们手中的笔，传承、传播中华文化，逐步抚平海峡两岸间的鸿沟，达到民族复兴的目的。”

台湾画家蔡俊章表示，海峡两岸一家亲，中华文化一脉相承，海峡两岸同胞同根同源、同文同种，历来是命运与共的。在经济全球化深入发展、海峡两岸联系日益密切的今天，海峡两岸是割舍不断的命运共同体。第二届海峡两岸笔会在台湾举办，曾在当地引起了较大的反响。希望今年的海峡两岸笔会能再上新台阶，凝聚海峡两岸向心力。

“在三亚亚龙湾热带天堂森林公园内有一处树抱石景观，海峡两岸笔会好比文化之根，顽石也会被文化之根抱住。”著名作家艾克拜尔·米吉提12月14日在第三届海峡两岸笔会落幕之际表示。

海峡两岸笔会已成文化交流品牌项目

于迅在会见参加笔会的代表时表示，琼台地缘相近，人

缘相亲，文化一脉相承，在长期往来中，琼台两地开展了农业合作、经贸合作、文化交流、少数民族交流等交流合作。海峡两岸笔会在海南和台湾轮流举办，奠定了琼台文化交流知名品牌的地位，有广泛的影响力。海南省委副书记李军表示，中华文化是海峡两岸最大的公约数，海峡两岸笔会的作品都彰显了鲜明的“中国表达、中国风骨、中国气派”共通点。

大画家 蔡显国（大陆） Great Painter by CAI Xianguo

海峡两岸笔会由民间文化机构——海峡两岸（海南）文化交流联合会（简称海文会）于2014年发起，此前先后在海南、台湾举办两届。2014年，王蒙、韩少功、何家英、路怀中、郭枫、季季、陈显栋等海峡两岸暨港澳名流应邀出席首届笔会。会长张松林介绍说：“海文会刚成立时没有财政经费，更没有什么名气。我们白天跑、晚上谈，凭着这样一份对文化的热诚与坚持，名家好友的邀约，请来海峡两岸暨港澳地区的47位名流。”

2015年，第二届海峡两岸笔会在台湾举办，台湾方面星云大师创立的财团法人人间文教基金会、旺旺中时媒体集团加盟主办。第二届海峡两岸笔会吸引了70位海峡两岸各路名流，除了王蒙、郭枫这些老朋友，蒋子龙、郑愁予、蔡俊章等名家也加入添彩。王蒙撰文写道：“海峡的距离本来就很短，越来越近了。同胞间的交流、兄弟间的交流、同事间的交流，和睦愉快，十分温暖。”海南省作协主席孔见赋诗曰：“一瓶58度的金门高粱，让昔日的仇敌，都醉成了亲家。”台湾诗人郑愁予说：“文化交流，产生的是友谊。通过笔会成为好朋友，这样的交流是成功的。”

相较前两届，今年的海峡两岸笔会增加了中青年名家的名额；琼台两岛名家占到半数以上，以突出琼台名家交流的主旨。张松林说，本届笔会吸引了各地名家踊跃报名，成为名家最多、阵容最强的一次笔会。他认为海峡两岸笔会能赢得海峡两岸暨港澳地区文艺名家的情谊，说明笔会契合了海峡两岸文学艺术家同声自相应、同心自相知的心声。海峡两岸笔会已发展成为海峡两岸文化人支持喜爱并竞相参加的文化交流品牌项目。

笔会现场 Improvisation

与会嘉宾在三亚小洞天留影Group Photo of Participants at Tiny Cave World in Sanya

书法家展示作品 Calligraphers Showed Their Works

From December 10 till 14, “Island for Freehand Aesthetics, Waterfront for Arts Gathering”—the 3rdJoint Creation and Exchange Meeting Across the Straits (JCEMAS) was held in Sanya, Hainan Province. More than 70 writers, calligraphers, painters and photographers across the Straits came here for inspiration and collaboration, and through their lens and brushes, demonstrated the beauty of humanity and nature in Hainan Province. The participants at this session were famous writers Jiang Zilong, Liu Heng, Han Shaogong, Zai Zai, Ji Ji, Qiu Xiuzhi and Wu Junyao, painters Nyima Tsering, Guo Xianzhong, Chen Yunguang, Fang Baojia, Chen Xiandong, Lin Jinzhong, Li Zhenming, Huang Xiangling, Shen Ping, Huang Kailu and Zeng Guoming, calligraphers Su Shishu, Wu Dongmin, Zhao Changqing, Zhai Xin, Zhang Binghuang, Xie Jiyun, Guo Xianlun, Xu Xueming and Zhao Weifu, photographers Qian Han, Wu Pu’ao, Wu Guohua, Lin Tianfu, Huang Ziming and He Jingtai. Within the five days, this event had abundant and colorful contents such as series of inspiration journey of “Beautiful Sanya”, “Spring Festival Couplets” by calligraphers and painters across the Straits, collaboration of calligraphic long scroll of “Boundless Spring Breeze at Sea”—Su Dongpo’s Hainan Poetry Selection, collaboration of large-scale traditional Chinese painting Feelings of Mountain and Stream, exchange of calligraphic masters with teachers and students of a primary school for Li ethnic group, and lectures of writers across the Straits at universities of Hainan, all of which left many wonderful legends and unforgettable moments.

Distinguished attendees at this meeting and related events were Yu Xun, president of Hainan Provincial CPPCC, Ye Kedong, vice president of Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits, Li Jun, vice secretary of CPC Hainan Provincial Committee, Yang Chengzhi, vice president of the 9th National Congress of CFLAC as well as related leaders and celebrities. While meeting with the writers and artists at this event, Ye Kedong pointed out that the relation across the Straits entered a grim period and “Desinicization” occurred to the culture in Taiwan. Writers and artists from both Hainan and Taiwan have made a lot of efforts in cultural exchange and economic cooperation, which made an outstanding contribution to promoting the friendly communication across the Straits. As Yang Chengzhi said, this meeting across the Straits has become a significant nongovernmental cultural exchange of great social influence. Many masters in literature and arts from Mainland, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan will help to inherit and promote Chinese culture across the Straits, and it is necessary for celebrities of culture across the Straits to deepen cultural exchange and jointly promote traditional Chinese culture, so as to realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

Finding Relatives with a Note: A Surprise

On December 12, on a bus that was returning from the event, Zhang Songlin, president of Across-Straits (Hainan) Cultural Exchange Union (ASHCE) as the event organizer, announced a good piece of news while holding his mobile phone, “thanks to local media, the relatives at Hainan of the 76-year-old Taiwanese writer Qiu Xiuzhi, a distinguished guest of this event, are already found and will come to meet Ms. Qiu during this evening.”At this news, all the people on this bus cheered and Ms. Qiu was too excited to express any words within that instant. This strong-minded senior citizen, who was still living like a youngster and refused to be helped to get on or get off the bus, told us the whole story. Before she set off from Taiwan to Hainan, her husband Mr. Fu Zhaoxiang wrote two names respectively on two notes—“Fu Xiangxiong” and “Fu Jiaying”, his elder brother and sister. Almost in his 80s, Fu Zhaoxiang has his ancestor origin in Wenchang of Hainan Province and his father had participated in Songhu Battle and later passed away. After 1949, he was taken to Taiwan and from then on, he was unable to contact any relative in his hometown. “Upon the subject of his hometown in Hainan, my husband invariably shed tears. Having traveled to many countries in the world, he has never returned to Hainan yet. Probably as a saying goes, homesickness may make a stranger.” Qiu Xiuzhi said, “As he is aging, he misses his relative in his hometown, of which I am fully aware. Therefore, I decide to help him in this trip to Hainan”.

Off the bus, Qiu Xiuzhi returned to her room in silence. After changing clothes and preparing a pot of tea, she stood at the balcony outside her room, looking around nervously, which greatly touched those fellow guests and media reporters. “It is only within a day’s time since I asked the local media for help. I can hardly believe that I have succeeded!” said Qiu Xiuzhi. She would meet with five relatives from Wenchang that her husband has never met before, which was just like a dream to her.

When informed that three of her nephews, her niece-in-law and her grandson-in-law had arrived at the hotel, Qiu asked us in excitement, “I don’t know what to do as I have become the focus in the news. Shall I ask them something? Maybe I should wait at the gate…Look, maybe near the stairs as it is much brighter…” With these words, she approached the stairs and saw those five of her younger generation. Hugging together in excitement, this reunited family choked with sobs.

海南梦工场 何经泰（中国台湾）Dream Works in Hainan by HE Jingtai

黄子明（中国台湾）摄影作品Photography by HUANG Ziming

Then they shared their current information with each other. As Fu Chuantao told Ms. Qiu, his aunt, Fu Jiaying, passed away as early as in the 1950s, and so did his father Fu Xiangxiong four years ago. “In his last days, my father still nagged aboutour uncle Fu Zhaoxiang that none of our family had seen. My mother is already 92 years old and she wept a whole day when she learnt that our relative was still searching for us.”Fu Chuantao said in sorrow. Then in great expectation, he made a phone call to Fu Zhaoxiang who was in Taiwan. At the news that his elder sister and brother had gone, Fu Zhaoxiang inquired about the current situation of the remaining family and promised to take his whole family to visit them at Hainan the next year.

The affectionate affinity and inseparable nostalgia of this incident aroused great sympathy among Ms. Qiu Xiuzhi as well as her peers at JCEMAS. “The power of literature is so great that it can transcend time and space to bring those who were separated for decades together again. We owe our gratitude to it for emotional linkage.” Taiwanese writer Ji Ji concluded.

Writing Pair of Couplet for Principal of Li Ethnic Group

Huali Li Ethnic Group Primary School in Sanya City is characterized with calligraphy tradition. Calligraphy is a compulsory lesson for pupils there. On December 11, 60 pupils had the privilege to meet their new “teachers”—over ten calligraphers who participating in the 2016 JCEMAS.

Wang Shanshan, at the age of 12, is a pupil in Grade 6 of this school, and when those calligraphers arrived, she was copying Ouyang Xun’s model in the first row of her classroom. Viewing the fascination of those children of Li ethnic group for Chinese calligraphy, Xie Jiyun, advisor of Chinese Calligraphy Society of Taiwan and honorary president of Taiwan Women Calligraphers Society, couldn’t help lecturing the basic points of calligraphy practice to those children despite her age of 77 years.

“Those 60 pupils are so lucky that they have become the direct participants in the cultural exchange across the Straits.” Huang Rongming, the principal of this school, uttered in excitement. He then asked Ms. Xie to write a pair of couplet with the two following sentences “education within music, chess, calligraphy and painting, feelings for morality, intelligence, sports and aesthetics”. At this unbalanced couplet in rhyme and rhythm, after a short hesitation, Ms. Xie advised some trivial polish without changing the original meaning to the principal because verbal parallelism or antithesis is a must in the traditional Chinese literature for couplets.

The traditional Chinese culture has no difficulty for communications across the Straits. As the principal sighed, for calligraphic improvement, it is also necessary to read plenty of books to lay a solid literary foundation.

200-Meter Calligraphic Scroll“in Rendez-vous with” Su Dongpo

On December 11, adopting the poetry of Su Dongpo, a great writer in Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127), during his period of banishment to Hainan, 15 calligraphers jointly created a 20-meter-long scroll of calligraphy. In varied style of running script, standard script, official script and cursive script, they wrote down dozens of Su Dongpo’s poems, which was witnessed and appreciated by many audiences. Su Dongpo is not only an excellent poet and calligrapher in China’s history, but also a significant figure that has a lot to do with Hainan. In this grand gathering of figures of literature and arts at Hainan, such a joint creation was indeed a “Rendez-vous” with this ancient master across time.

Another event “Spring Festival Couplet” attracted much attention as well. Calligraphers and painters improvised in Spring Festival couplet writing, which, via a perfect combination of Spring Festival couplet tradition and calligraphy, demonstrated the unique charm of excellent traditional Chinese culture. Besides, painters jointly created a painting in a length of 2.4 meters and a width of 1.2 meters. Titled "Neighboring Mountain and Sea with Connection between Continent and Island" and involving such maritime elements as sea, sail, fishing village and plantain, this painting displayed the beautiful scenery of Taiwan Island and highlighted the interdependence of Mainland, Hainan Island and Taiwan Island as well as the fraternal emotions between each other.

Hard Rock Caged by Root of Culture

Nyima Tsering, member of Central Research Institute of History and Culture and painter for the 10th Panchen Lama, said, “JCEMAS is a heart-to-heart communication with the same cultural root. Currently, a political ‘smog’ is hanging over Taiwan, but the artists across the Straits made a joint creation of this beautiful island in expectation to dismiss the ‘smog’ by the power of culture.”

At the age of 72, Nyima Tsering wore a small grey hat. In his words, he always shows respect to JCEMAS and feel delighted at its invitation. “No matter where it is and how busy I am, I will attend it definitely. As I have been to Taiwan on many occasions of holding exhibitions and cultural exchanges, I know that artists across the Straits share a common heritage, that is, excellent traditional Chinese culture, which is undoubtedly in accordance with the demand of Chinese nation.” As he put, the 56 nationalities across the Straits are blessed with the 5000-year-long history of Chinese civilization that all of themhave jointly created. In the form of cultural exchange, JCEMAS is actually a communication between souls where national spirits are highlighted by Chinese culture.

As Nyima Tsering told us, JCEMAS within several days had confirmed his viewpoints. “We have a smooth communication with our counterparts in Taiwan. As the people’s recognition of Chinese nation and the common destiny of Chinese nation across the Straits is the most important, not a single person, by any means, is allowed to split our country. With our creation, writers and artists shall inherit and promote Chinese culture so as to bridge the gap across the Straits and realize the national rejuvenation as a whole.”

As Cai Junzhang, a Taiwanese painter, said, Chinese culture finds the same path of development in the harmonious family across the Straits. With a common origin, source, language and bloodline, the Chinese compatriots across the Straits always share one destiny as well. In the current period of fully-developed economic globalization and increasingly close interactions, community of destiny is already established and never allows any separation. As the 2nd session of JCEMAS in Taiwan aroused considerable local feedback, this event is expected to achieve a new leap in uniting positive energy across the Straits.

“In the forest park of Tropical Paradise at Yalong Bay of Sanya City, there is a wonder “Rock in the Embrace of Tree”. JCEMAS is like a root of culture that can cage any hard rock.” Wellknown writer Aikebaier Mijiti said at the closing of the 3rd JCEMAS on December 14.

JCEMAS Becomes a Brand Event of Cultural Exchange

When Yu Xun met with the participants of JCEMAS, he commented that Hainan and Taiwan have neighboring geographic location, close interpersonal relationship and identical cultural root. In the long-term communications, many exchanges and cooperation in agriculture, trade, culture and minority nationalities have been conducted between Hainan and Taiwan. The holding of JCEMAS in Hainan and Taiwan in turn has established the brand reputation of cultural exchange between the two regions and exerted an extensive influence. As Li Jun, deputy secretary of CPC Hainan Provincial Committee, expressed, Chinese culture is the most common ground for the peoples across the Straits and the exhibited works in JCEMAS have highlighted the distinct common features of “Chinese Expression, Chinese Integrity and Chinese Manner”.

Initiated in 2014 by ASHCE, a non-governmental organization, JCEMAS was then held twice respectively in Hainan and Taiwan. Such celebrities from Mainland, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan as Wang Meng, Han Shaogong, He Jiaying, Lu Huaizhong, Guo Feng, Ji Ji and Chen Xiandong were invited to the 1st session.“Our union had hardly any finding or reputation soon after its establishment. All our colleagues ran for business in the daytime and talked to artists at night. with such a passion and perseverance for culture as well as some friends’ assistance, 47 celebrities in the four regions were finally invited.” Zhang Songlin introduced.

In 2015, the 2ndJCEMAS was held in Taiwan, and Humanistic Culture and Education Foundation initiated by Master Hsing Yun in Taiwan as well as Want Want China Times Media Group joined the sponsors. Altogether 70 writers and artists across the Straits were invited, including such masters as Jiang Zilong, Zheng Chouyu and Cai Junzhang as well as such old friends as Wang Meng and Guo Feng. Wang Meng once wrote in his essay, “Within the actual geographic distance from the Mainland, we have come to feel Taiwan increasingly closer. In communications, we find each other compatriots, brothers and colleagues. Such a pleasant and harmonious time, all of us feel warm.” Kong Jian, president of Hainan Writers Association composed a poem as follows, “A bottle of liquor ‘Jinmen Sorghum’ of 58% of alcohol has turned the opponents in the past into a family.” As Zheng Chouyu, a Taiwanese poet, put, “cultural exchange gives birth to friendship and by making artists across the Straits bosom friends, JCEMAS has achieved a successful exchange result”.

Compared with the two previous sessions, this session of JCEMAS provided more availability for young and middle-aged writers and artists. The participants from Hainan and Taiwan accounted for over half of the total, which highly strengthens the theme of JCEMAS. As Zhang Songlin introduced, the active participation from all over China has made this session of JCEMAS a grand gathering of the strongest cast of masters. In his opinion, JCEMAS, in full accordance with the voice of heart from writers and artists across the Straits for mutual understanding and friendship, has won their trust and support. JCEMAS has evolved into a brand event of cultural exchange that cultural celebrities across the Straits love and compete to participate in.

林添福（中国台湾）摄影作品 Photography by LIN Tianfu