Recently, visitors to Jing’an Sculpture Park found many exquisite graffiti works near the Shanghai Natural History Museum. These graffiti works depict wild animals living in the Yangtze River Basin, many of which are precious and endangered species.

In recent days, the offline graffiti activity of the theme exhibition “The Song of River” was held in Jing’an Sculpture Park at Gate 1 of the Shanghai Natural History Museum.

On the day of the event, visitors completed the coloring of the graffiti paintings under the guidance of specialists. The graffiti adopts the general layout of China’s landscape, and progressively from a long shot, medium shot, and close shot, it depicts the mighty torrents of the Yangtze River running from the source, through mountains, forests, plains and cities, and finally into the sea. The graffiti highlights the rare species in the Yangtze River Basin, reflecting the harmonious coexistence of mankind and nature, urban civilization, and natural ecology.

The mighty Yangtze River with a length of over 6,300 kilometers surges forward with irresistible forces and nurtures Chinese descendants. It is a golden waterway as well as the birthplace of Chinese civilization. Chinese descendants protect the Yangtze River and in turn, the Yangtze River brings benefits to them. The “Yangtze River people” who drink from the same river are committed to protecting their mother river stretching thousands of miles, and drawing a magnificent and harmonious picture of the Yangtze River in the new era.

With the theme of “Biodiversity Conservation of the Yangtze River”, “The Song of River” Exhibition tells the stories of the Yangtze River from natural and cultural perspectives. “The Song of River” called for the public to pay attention to the protection of the Yangtze River, demonstrating the important achievements of the country in the ecological civilization construction of the Yangtze River Basin, and promoting the important concept of “advancing protection and development in parallel”.

The offline graffiti activity was sponsored by the Shanghai Natural History Museum (branch at the Shanghai Science and Technology Museum), Chinese National Geographic Channel (Chinese National Geography), and Lenovo Group, and co-organized by the Greening Management Center of Jing’an District and Jing’an Sculpture Park.