Presented by Chinese, Korean, Ukrainian and Yemeni students of CUC, Taste Beijing, a graphic portrait of Beijing’s traditional food and its link to people, won Grand Prize at the 2020 “100 Reasons to Love Beijing” Short Video and Essay Competition.

The short film Taste Beijing starring Martseniuk Veronika (Ukraine, Chinese name being Li Xia) and Al-Shameri Alaa Abdulqawi Abdulwahab Farea (Yemen, Chinese name being An Luxi), was co-directed by Liu Yang and Choe Eun-jo (South Korea), co-edited by Liu Yang and Jang Jun (South Korea) and produced by School of Theater, Film and Television, CUC.

The competition, organized by the Information Office of the People’s Government of Beijing Municipality and Beijing People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, and co-organized by the Palace Museum, collected more than 900 video works and 400 text works. The award ceremony was held on May 14, in the lecture hall of the Palace Museum, where officials of Party’s Publicity Departments and Palace Museum presented the prize to the winners.

The award ceremony is held in the lecture hall of the Palace Museum, on May 14, 2021.

Curator of the Palace Museum, Wang Xudong, addresses the award ceremony.

Blending deliciousness of Beijing cuisines and people’s love for life in less than seven minutes, Taste Beijing emerged after three rounds of examinations and appraisals and triumphed over other works, taking both the Grand Prize and the Best Cinematography Award.

Wang Xudong, curator of the Palace Museum, said that the Forbidden City was not only the carrier of 5,000-year Chinese culture, but also the aggregation of Chinese excellent traditional culture and a window to exhibit Chinese history and culture. 

Wang heralded the organization of the competition as “an important practice to build the Palace Museum as a reception hall for cultural exchanges,” and he vowed that the Palace Museum will be more inclusive for friends from all over the world to help build the great conception of “a community with a shared future for mankind” proposed by President Xi.

Members of Team Taste Beijing give their thumbs up to celebrate their victory.

Jiang Jianguo (left), vice president of Publicity Department of the Communist Party of China presents the award to Martseniuk Veronika.

Zhu Hongwen, president of the Palace Museum presents the award to Choe Eun-jo (third from the left) and Al-Shameri Alaa Abdulqawi Abdulwahab Farea (third from the right)

After the award ceremony, 100 selected works will be dubbed into many languages and promoted through influential social media platforms especially mainstream media apps.

Editor: Wang Yixia

Chief  Editor: Tai Yixin   

Advisor: Zhang Xu