Glimpses of history

Hundreds of paintings and sculptures are on show in Beijing as part of celebrations to mark the 95th anniversary of the Communist Party of China. Lin Qi reports.

The last work of Chinese oil painter Tang Yihe (1905-44) was a canvas titled July 7, 1937, named after the date of the Marco Polo Bridge Incident that marked the beginning of the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression (1937-45).

Tang portrayed a group of college students who march along a street calling for people to stand up against the approaching invaders. The students in the picture were modeled on those who attended Wuchang Fine Arts School in Wuhan, in Central China's Hubei province, where Tang had taught since graduating from Paris' National School of Fine Arts in 1934.