The book reveals in unprecedented detail Chinese culture existing nearly two thousands years ago. Stone rubbings were made of reliefs surviving on the walls of crypts, temples, hall of ancestors and on gate idols, depicting mythological scenes, historical or legendary stories, or simple everyday events. The album will be presented on April 29, 2017.
National Széchényi Library, Shandong Huaban Publishing Ltd. and the Hungarian-Chinese Friendship Association cordially invite you to the presentation ceremony of an album entitled Shandongi Han-kori kőrajzolatok gyűjteménye (Collection of Han Dynasty Stone Rubbings from Shandong).
Program
- Welcome speech will be delivered by Géza Szőcs, President of the Hungarian PEN Club, Chief Cultural Advisor to the Prime Minister of Hungary, and by Zhang Zhihua, Non-Exec Chairman at Shandong Publishing & Media Co Ltd.
- Short film about the making of rubbings
- The volume will be presented by the translators: Erika Yu-Barta and Éva Kalmár
Host: János Herner, Acting Deputy Director-General of National Széchényi Library
Date: April 29, 2017, 11 a.m.
Venue: National Széchényi Library, Boardroom 516 on Floor 5
Please, notify us at info.mkbt@gmail.com [1] if you wish to participate in the event. Thanks to the Chinese publishing company, the first 20 of those who register will receive a gift copy of the album, which can be picked up only personally, at the book presentation ceremony.
Invitation card [2] (in Hungarian)
