Heze Caozhou Painting and Calligraphy Academy

　　       Established in October 1985, the Caozhou Painting and Calligraphy Academy covers an area of 16,000 square meters with a building area of 5,000 square meters. It includes: exhibition halls, painting storage rooms, a creation building, the Chao Mei Print Art Gallery, the Caozhou Painting and Calligraphy Academy Works Exhibition Hall, Shandong’s longest stele corridor, and the Zhao Dengyu General Memorial Exhibition Hall. The architecture features both traditional ethnic elements and modern garden aesthetics. Within the compound, elegant corridors, pavilions, rockeries, fountains, greenhouses, and birdhouses create a refined ambiance; peonies, tree peonies, roses, pines, and cypresses among other flowers and trees vie in beauty. The entire complex exudes a classic charm with birdsong and floral scents, offering an ideal environment for painters to create, exhibit, exchange ideas, and give lectures.

　　        Heze City, Shandong Province