1月5日，中山书画院名誉院长杨留义聘任仪式在中山日报社16楼的中山市网上新闻发布厅·海外传播中心举行。当天，聘任国家一级美术师、北京城市山水画研究会会长杨留义担任中山书画院名誉院长。

On January 5, the appointment ceremony for Yang Liuyi as the Honorary President of Zhongshan Calligraphy and Painting Academy was held at the Zhongshan Online Press Conference Hall and Zhongshan International Communications Center on the 16th floor of Zhongshan Daily. On that day, Yang Liuyi, a first-class national artist and president of the Beijing Urban Landscape Painting Research Association, was appointed as the Honorary President of Zhongshan Calligraphy and Painting Academy.

杨留义在接受聘任后表示，中山是一座非常重视文化建设的城市，他此前已经到中山多次，并在中山举办过画展，对此深有感触。今后，他将与中山画家们一起，用画笔描绘美丽中山，让每一幅作品都成为城市故事的生动讲述者。聘任仪式上，杨留义向中山书画院赠送国画作品《山水人家》。

After accepting the appointment, Yang Liuyi expressed that Zhongshan is a city that places great emphasis on cultural development. He has visited Zhongshan multiple times before and has held exhibitions there, making him deeply touched by the experience. In the future, he will collaborate with Zhongshan artists to depict the beauty of Zhongshan with his brush, making each piece a vivid storyteller of the city's tales. During the appointment ceremony, Yang Liuyi donated his Chinese painting "Mountain and Water Homeland" to Zhongshan Calligraphy and Painting Academy.

据悉，中国城市山水画开创者杨留义，第一次提出中国城市山水画理论体系，获得国家知识产权，其画作《宋人词意图》《雅典•卫城》《山不争高自极天》分别搭载“神舟六号”“神舟七号”和“天宫一号”遨游太空。如今，杨留义已被国内多所大学、研究机构等聘为顾问、客座教授，出版了20多部个人画集及50多部作品合集。

It is reported that Yang Liuyi, the pioneer of Chinese Urban Landscape Painting, first proposed the theoretical system of Chinese Urban Landscape Painting, which has been granted national intellectual property rights. His works "People's Poetic Intent in Song Dynasty," "Athens • Acropolis," and "The mountain does not boast of its height, yet it can reach the sky" were respectively carried into space by the "Shenzhou 6," "Shenzhou 7," and "Tiangong-1" missions. Currently, Yang Liuyi has been appointed as a consultant or visiting professor by many universities and research institutions in China, and he has published over 20 personal painting collections and more than 50 collaborative works.

聘任仪式之后，杨留义以及中山书画界同行进行了座谈。

After the appointment ceremony, Yang Liuyi and artists from Zhongshan's calligraphy and painting community held a discussion.

与会的书画家们表示，杨留义的城市山水画作品，构思巧妙，展现了不同城市的特点、历史、生态、环境、地理与文化特色。他将传统与当下、城市与山川、现实与理想相结合，其创作理念为中山文艺的多元化发展开辟了新的路径。

The attending artists expressed that Yang Liuyi's urban landscape paintings are ingeniously conceived, showcasing the characteristics, history, ecology, environment, geography, and cultural features of various cities. He combines tradition with the present, cities with mountains, and reality with ideals, providing new pathways for the diversified development of Zhongshan's arts.