College students paint Wuxi

The award ceremony of 2017 Wuxi Huishan District Tourism Sketching Festival took place on Dec 6. [Photo/tour.jschina.com.cn]

The award ceremony of 2017 Wuxi Huishan District Tourism Sketching Festival took place on Dec 6.

Sponsored by Huishan District Tourism Bureau and People's Government of Yangshan Town, the sketching festival invited students from 20 colleges. The students sketched the scenery of Wux's Huishan district, showing its beauty through their art.

The college students used different methods to portray their talent, through oil painting, traditional Chinese painting and watercolor painting. They sketched the scenic spots in Huishan district, including the Wu Culture Park, Yangshan Geological Park, Taohua Scenic Spot, Peony Garden, Lishe town and Xizhang Park.

After three months of collecting and selecting, the "Sea of Bamboo" from Zhang Hui, student from Linyi University in north China's Shandong province, was awarded the first prize.

A number of students from 20 colleges nationwide gather in Wuxi's Huishan district to draw beautiful sceneries. [Photo/tour.jschina.com.cn]

The festival is a new experience in tourism development. These art works have become a platform promoting various wonderful scenery of Huishan district and combining tourism development to culture development in Wuxi.

Huishan District Tourism Bureau will continue to develop rural tourism and build a tourism brand in Huishan district.