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Cultural ties between Czech Republic and China exemplified in Sklenar's work

The famous stories of Chinese hero, the Monkey King, will make an appearance at Expo 2010 Shanghai, but they won't be at the China Pavilion.

The stories will be one of the highlights at the Czech Republic Pavilion, which will feature artwork and illustrations by Zdenek Sklenr, a Czech artist whose fascination for Chinese culture and interpretations of Chinese classics, including the Czech version of the Monkey King, helped him become famous in both China and in the Czech Republic.

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On seeing his death, the Monkey King erupts into a full rage and forcibly breaks Buddha's Seal with sheer brute force, despite the seal still trying to suppress him. This returns his original supernatural powers to him and he easily defeats the Monster Lord. The Monkey King 3 The third installment of the blockbuster fantasy series sees the return of the Monkey King (Aaron Kwok) in his most action-packed adventure yet! While continuing their epic journey to the West, the Monkey King and his companions are taken captive by the Queen of an all-female land, who believes them to be part of an ancient prophecy heralding the fall of her kingdom.

In May and October, the animated Monkey King will be a main attraction at the Czech Pavilion at the Expo. In one area of the multimedia hall there is a table with an open copy of the book Songs of Ancient China, a collection of ancient poems featuring Sklenr's illustrations.

The tabletop becomes a projection screen, where the battle of the Monkey King against demons takes place. The hall also has an interactive touch screen, where visitors see the fairytale world of the Monkey King come to life in an exciting combination of old legends, graphically and artistically unique Sklenr illustrations, and imaginative animations.

Sklenr's fascination with China began on a trip in 1955, when he traveled here as the head graphic artist in a touring exhibition of Czech culture. He visited Beijing, Shanghai, Nanjing and Guangdong.

'Back in 1950s, there were a lot of cultural exchanges between the Czech Republic and China. Nowadays, the younger generation in China may not even know where the Czech Republic is in Europe,' said Zdenek Sklenr, the legendary artist's namesake and nephew.

During the three-month visit, Sklenr senior met with Chairman Mao Zedong and developed life-long friendships with famous Chinese painters and artists, including Qi Baishi, Li Keran, Guo Moruo, Ye Qianyu and Hua Junwu.

The visit to China had a huge impact on the artist and he began bridging the cultures of China and the Czech Republic through illustrations, drawings and books. He published the Czech version of the Monkey King, with 24 color and 81 pen and ink drawings, in 1960, interpreting the famous Chinese fiction, Journey to the West, in a Czech artist's style.

He also published The Treasure Chest - Ancient Chinese Love Stories, and the Czech version of Return of the Old Master by the famous Chinese poet Guo Moruo.

In 1965, The Songs of Ancient China, a collection of ancient Chinese poems, was published in the Czech Republic, featuring 21 of Sklenr's color illustrations. The artist died in 1986.

Commemorating his uncle, Sklenr established the Zdenek Sklenr Gallery in Prague in 1991 and has been dedicated to arts and culture exchange between China and the Czech Republic ever since.

Having traveled to China more than 60 times, the curator of Zdenek Sklenr Gallery, like his uncle, thinks China is very beautiful. 'I traveled a lot inside China and I like the scenery of Guilin the most,' he said.

In 2009, the National Art Museum of China held a well-received exhibition, Zdenek Sklenr's China, with the debut of a film as a tribute to the artist's contributions.

To commemorate the artist's 100th birthday, the Prague City Gallery and Zdenek Sklenr Gallery held a retrospective exhibition in Prague this year and the animated film the Monkey King, was made.

After 50 years, Sklenr and his Monkey King are returning to China, reminding Expo visitors about the exciting and artistic connection between the cultures and societies of China and the Czech Republic.

'For me, doing the cultural exchange job is not easy, but we managed to find certain people in China who had a profound and special emotions towards the Czech Republic,' Sklenr said.

'I hope the Monkey King and other artwork from my uncle will become a bridge linking the friendship between the two nations.'

CHINA DAILY

(China Daily 05/14/2010 page36)

Ch. 5: Big Trouble in Little China Town

Colleen was just doing some homework with Hsi Wu to help bring his grade in science up a little. Hsi Wu, on the other hand, was to busy swooning at Colleen. He was about to kiss her when blocked his kiss.

'Hsi Wu, will you pay attention?' she said, 'You need to learn this if you want to pass Science Class.'

'Sorry, Colleen,' he apologized, 'I just can't concentrate on anything except your radiant beauty.'

'Some A's in your report card would be radiantly beautiful too.'

Suddenly, the alarm went off. Drago came running into the room to get Colleen and His Wu.

'Study breaks over, you two!' he said, 'There's trouble in Chinatown.'

Colleen and Hsi Wu got up real fast and ran out. In Chinatown, the Goblin Trio was using magical energy blasts to blow up property and sidewalks. The people were running for their lives scared. Baldro and the other goblins were chuckling. The J-Teens arrive in Captain Black's van. The J-Teens jumped out of the van and in front of the Goblin Trio.

'Game over, Baldro!' Colleen shouted, 'Now stop this before someone gets hurt.'

'But our fun has just begun, including our new team mate,' Mump said as he chuckled.

'What new team mate, Dudes?' Ice asked.

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Then, a familiar voice shouted out. It was the Monkey King. A spotlight shines on him.

'Hey, Kiddies!' he shouted, 'Heeeeere's the Monkey King!'

The J-Teens gasped seeing the Monkey King with the goblins. Drago and Hsi Wu were even more surprised.

'No way!' Colleen exclaimed, 'The Monkey King has joined the Goblin Trio?!'

'That's right, my pretty!' he said while dressed as a dastardly villain with a mustache.

'But I thought you and I are friends!' Drago said.

'You thought wrong, Dragu!'

The Monkey King got out a water seltzer that is the same size as him, pointed it at Drago, and squirted water so hard, it knocked Drago against the wall, all drenched and hurt. Colleen ran to Drago and helped him up. The goblins laughed at Drago.

'That wasn't funny!' Colleen yelled.

'Neither is this!' the Monkey King said as he touched a paper dragon.

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His touch made it turn into a real dragon and made it come to life. The dragon roared like a T-Rex. It breathes fire onto the teens, but they all dodge the attack in the nick of time. Colleen finds barrels of fish, which means there's water in the barrels. She used her magic to collect the moisture from the barrels and used it on the dragon to put out its fire. The water attack caused the dragon to change back. The Monkey King drove by in a fire truck while wearing a fire fighter get-up.

'Fire! Fire!' he shouted happily.

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'Oh it's on now, Monkey Man!' Ice shouted.

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He took one of the flames from the paper dragon attack and created a huge fire ring. He was about to wrap the Monkey King in it, but he got out a huge fire hose and shot water at Ice. He is now drenched down to his clothes. The goblins hopped onto the fire truck, and the four drove off. The J-Teens watched as they drove off laughing at them hysterically.