为进一步推动南京国际友谊公园二期雕塑项目建设，打造集国际合作、友城交往、城市推介、市民参与为一体的国际友谊公园，近日，市外办邀请国际友城雕塑艺术家来宁采风。
The Foreign Affairs Office of Nanjing Municipal People’s Government recently invited sculptors from international friendship cities to visit Nanjing, in a bid to further push forward the construction of the Phase II sculpture project in Nanjing International Friendship Park and turn it into the one that integrates international cooperation, friendship-city exchanges, city promotion and citizen participation.
9月3日至5日，艺术家们走访了南京城市规划建设展览馆、明城墙台城遗址、明孝陵、大报恩寺、云锦博物馆、江北新区、江宁区等，通过实地参访、座谈交流等方式，深入了解南京的历史底蕴、人文气息和城市特色，进一步丰富友城雕塑的创作灵感和内涵。
On September 3-5, these artists paid visits to the Nanjing Construction Planning Exhibition Hall, Taicheng Wall, Xiaoling Mausoleum, Grand Baoen Temple, Nanjing Yunjin Museum, Jiangbei New Area, Jiangning District and more. The field visits, discussions and exchanges enabled them to have a deep understanding of Nanjing’s historical heritage, cultural atmosphere and urban characteristics and further increase the inspiration and connotation of sculptures in the international friendship cities.
艺术家们在南京国际友谊公园规划场地考察，探讨如何将雕塑作品融入城市公园布局设计蓝图，使之成为文化交融和情感链接的载体。艺术家们就雕塑作品与环境的融合、作品的尺寸和材料、与参观者如何互动等提出了各自的见解，从他们的视角诠释了对南京和国际友城合作的认识。
The artists inspected the site in Nanjing International Friendship Park and discussed how to integrate sculptures into the design blueprint of urban parks to make them carriers of cultural blending and emotional connection. They offered their opinions on the integration of sculptures with the environment, the size and materials of the works, and interactions with visitors, and expressed their views on the cooperation between Nanjing and the international friendship cities.
近年来，南京依托国际友谊公园建设，集中展陈和介绍各个国际友城的自然风光、风土人情和文化特色，使之成为南京市民了解国际友城的窗口和展示国际友城的重要平台。前几年，由国际友城艺术家们来宁采风后创作的近十座雕塑作品落户南京，深受广大南京市民和游客的喜爱。
In recent years, Nanjing, riding on the construction of Nanjing International Friendship Park, exhibited and introduced the natural scenery, local customs and cultural characteristics of the friendship cities, making it a window for Nanjing citizens to understand the friendship cities and an important platform to showcase the cities. In the past few years, approximately ten sculptures created by these cities’ artists following their visits in Nanjing were installed in the city, which are very popular among its citizens and tourists.
