What kind of artwork can grace the Great Hall of the People, a state building that functions as a meeting place for national-level events in China? The answer is the large mural Magnificent China, 18 meters long and 3.72 meters wide, located in the Golden Hall of this great hall. Its creator is a self-taught painter with no academic art training background. Not only that, this painter, named Zhong Kaitian, also has eight other works (including one calligraphy work) hanging in the hall.
Born in Kunming, Yunnan Province in southwest China, Zhong joined the People’s Liberation Army at age 18 after graduating from high school,.
