Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c11.137

v2.c11.137

In 1943, Chinese painter Ye Jianyu visited the India-China Ramgarh training camp as a war correspondent, visited Indian Tagore International University and Buddhist holy land – Bodhgaya and drew a lot of sketches of Indian dancing characters and scenery. Then his creation centre changed from cartoons to Chinese paintings, especially dancing characters. In 1944, he held *Indian Tour Exhibition* in Chongqing. In 1962, he recreated the Chinese painting *India’s Bharata – Natya* according to his sketch manuscripts, and it was his best masterpiece, matchless compared to other works with the same theme.