Art Souvenir Exhibition in Samjiyon Mountainous Tourist Resort Opens

Pyongyang, November 9 (KCNA) -- An art souvenir exhibition in the Samjiyon Mountainous Tourist Resort opened at the Samjiyon General Exhibition House in the DPRK on Nov. 8, under the sponsorship of the Ministry of Culture.

Attending the exhibition are art studios and folk-craft producers in Pyongyang and local areas, including the Central Fine Arts Studio, the Ryanggang Provincial Fine Arts Studio and the Jagang Provincial Fine Arts Studio.

Presented to it are art souvenirs showing the changes in Samjiyon City which turned into a model mountainous cultural town, attractive mountain tourist area and cultural resort with the background of majestic Mt Paektu, the sacred mountain of the revolution.

On display there are such arts souvenirs as Korean painting, oil painting, acrylic painting and ceramic craft that depicted the country's change prospering day by day under the Party's policy on regional development and the implementation of the rural revolutionary programme in the new era, and the country's national symbols, famous mountains and scenic spots, time-honored history, brilliant culture and folk traditions.

Officials concerned and officials and creators of the exhibitor units and working people in Samjiyon City went round the exhibition hall. -0-