Yellow River-themed exhibition marks a country's long road to revival

Long River, Great Path, an art exhibition at the galleries of the China National Academy of Painting, is displaying some 180 paintings and sculptures of Yellow River landscapes, showing its cultural importance and highlighting the country's efforts to protect the natural environment surrounding the river.

Works at the exhibition, which runs until Oct 30, are drawn from the collections of several cultural institutions, including the National Art Museum of China and the Yellow River Museum. 

Some were created over the past two years by resident artists from the Chinese National Academy of Arts and the China National Academy of Painting, which organized trips for sketching to areas along the Yellow River, enabling artists to see the changes in landscapes and local people's lives.