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Fresh spring scenery in China: birds, bees and blooming flowers

A bird rests on a branch in Fengtai District of Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 20, 2017. Spring returns to the land as temperature rises in recent days. (Xinghua/Feng Xiaodong)


A bird rests on a branch of cole in Zunyi, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Feb. 18, 2017. (Xinhua/He Chunyu)


A bird rests on a branch of cole in Zunyi, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Feb. 18, 2017. (Xinhua/He Chunyu)


A bird flies among blooming cherry flowers in a park in Fuzhou, capital of southeast China's Fujian Province. (Xinhua/Wang Hu)


A bird flies among blooming cherry flowers in a park in Fuzhou, capital of southeast China's Fujian Province. (Xinhua/Wang Hu)


A sunbird rests on the branch at Nanshan botanical garden in Chongqing, southwest China, Feb. 17, 2017. The blooming cherry blossoms attracted many visitors. (Xinhua/Chen Cheng)


A phoenicurus flies around the flowers at Nanshan botanical garden in Chongqing, southwest China, Feb. 17, 2017. The blooming cherry blossoms attracted many visitors. (Xinhua/Chen Cheng)


A white-eye bird rests on a branch of begonia in Guiyang, capital of southwest China's Guizhou Province, Feb. 7, 2017. (Xinhua/Zhang Hui)


Bees fly around the flowers at Nanshan botanical garden in Chongqing, southwest China, Feb. 17, 2017. The blooming cherry blossoms attracted many visitors. (Xinhua/Chen Cheng)


A bee lands on the plum blossom to gather honey at Shanghai Botanical Garden in Shanghai, east China, Feb. 15, 2017. (Xinhua/Fang Zhe)


A bee flies around cherry blossoms at Shanghai Botanical Garden in Shanghai, east China, Feb. 15, 2017. (Xinhua/Fang Zhe)


A bee flies past cherry blossoms at Shanghai Botanical Garden in Shanghai, east China, Feb. 15, 2017. (Xinhua/Fang Zhe)


A bee flies around plum blossoms at Shanghai Botanical Garden in Shanghai, east China, Feb. 15, 2017. (Xinhua/Fang Zhe)


A bee flies around plum blossoms at Shanghai Botanical Garden in Shanghai, east China, Feb. 15, 2017. (Xinhua/Fang Zhe)


A bee flies around plum blossoms at Shanghai Botanical Garden in Shanghai, east China, Feb. 15, 2017. (Xinhua/Fang Zhe)


A bee flies amid rape flowers in Changzhai Village of Congjiang County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Feb. 5, 2017. (Xinhua/Wu Dejun)


An apiarist checks a swarm of bees in blooming rape flowers in Qinglong Town of Anning, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Feb. 19, 2017. (Xinhua/Pu Chao)


A cat plays next to the plum blossoms at Maihuayu Village of Huangshan, east China's Anhui Province,Feb. 7, 2017. (Xinhua/Shi Guangde)


One of the paintings on display at Poly Art Museum. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

Of the many friends of Chinese art master Qi Baishi, painter and scholar Chen Shizeng is a special one who worked hard to help launch Qi's career.

The two got to know each other in Beijing when Qi was an unknown painter from rural Hunan province. Chen urged Qi to exhibited his paintings in Japan, helping to extend Qi's influence abroad.

To mark the two's friendship, Poly Art Museum is now showing some 70 paintings of Qi and Chen through Thursday.

The highlights include a painting album in which Qi drew flowers and birds on 16 paper leaves, combining the carefree style of xieyi and meticulous delimitation of gongbi.


One of the paintings on display at Poly Art Museum. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]


One of the paintings on display at Poly Art Museum. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]


One of the paintings on display at Poly Art Museum. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

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