A visitor admires "Tibetan Class in the Village," an oil painting byWang Qijun, a 58-year-old professor with the Beijing-based China Central Academy of Fine Arts, on Monday in Chengdu, Sichuan province, where Wang's paintings, made after his recent visit to Tibetan-inhabited areas, are on display.

　　"Message of Spring," an oil painting by Wang Qijun, a professor with the China Central Academy of Fine Arts, are on display in the provincial capital Chengdu. Last December, when Wang was chatting with an old Tibetan woman in Lixian county, Sichuan, her son called from outside her hometown. Her joy in answering the call touched Wang and it inspired his oil painting "Message of Spring."

　　A visitor takes pictures of "Weaving Happiness," an oil painting by Wang Qijun, a professor with the China Central Academy of Fine Arts, which is on display in Chengdu, Sichuan province. Entering a Tibetan house in Genzha Tibetan Village in Jinchuan county, Sichuan, last December, Wang happened to see two Tibetan women weaving a woolen blanket. Standing quietly to observe it, Wang felt the scene was like a touching natural painting and its inspired his painting "Weaving Happiness."

　　"Happiness by River," an oil painting by Wang Qijun, a professor with the China Central Academy of Fine Arts, after his last visit to Tibetan-inhabited areas in Sichuan province, is on display in the provincial capital Chengdu.

　　"Snow-covered Bridge," an oil painting pertaining to Wang Qijun's home province of Jiangsu, is on display in Chengdu, Sichuan province, together with his paintings depicting Tibetan-inhabited areas in Sichuan. Wang is a professor with the China Central Academy of Fine Arts.

　　"Warm Autumn," an oil painting pertaining to Wang Qijun's home province of Jiangsu is on display in Chengdu, Sichuan province, together with his paintings depicting Tibetan-inhabited areas in Sichuan. Wang is a professor with the China Central Academy of Fine Arts.

　　"Woman in Traditional Chinese Costume," an oil painting by Wang Qijun, a professor with the China Central Academy of Fine Arts, is on display in Chengdu, Sichuan province, together with his paintings depicting Tibetan-inhabited areas in Sichuan.

　　"Watching Pine Tree and Listening to Wind," a traditional Chinese painting by Wang Qijun, a professor with the China Central Academy of Fine Arts, is on display in Chengdu, Sichuan province, together with his paintings depicting Tibetan-inhabited areas in Sichuan.

　　Wang Qijun (right), a professor with the China Central Academy of Fine Art, chats with Tibetan villagers during his last visit to Tibetan-inhabited areas in Lixian county, Sichuan province, last December.