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Presents
Second Place: Ye Jun Hahn
MS 67Q
Third Place: Ye Eun (Stephanie) Hahn
MS 67Q
Honorable Mention: Hyeon-Jai Jeon
IS25
First Place: Ye Bin (Claire) Ji
Bayside High School
Second Place: Jane Kim
Francis Lewis High School
Third Place: Yae Rim Lee
Bayside High School
Honorable Mention: Min Young Lee
Bayside High School
Honorable Mention: Seul Bin Ji
Francis Lewis High School
First Place: Evan Wang
MS 67Q
Second Place: Zhen-Qiang Wang
IS 61Q
Third Place: Zong Qi Ye
MS 67Q
Second Place: Hao Fu
Bayside High School
Third Place: Ji Yi Guan
Bayside High School
Honorable Mention: Hang ching Zheng
Great Neck South High School
Honorable Mention: Kang ning Zhu
Jericho High School
Honorable Mention: Ling Li
Newtown High School
The
th
16
Annual
New York State
Chinese Painting Contest
Award Winning Pieces
2009
Honorable Mention – Dorothy Fong
P.S. 206 Joseph F. Lamb School
I drew an ox because
the ox is the animal
for the year. I drew
fireworks because I
saw fireworks in every
Chinese Lunar New
year. I drew red
envelopes because I
always got the lucky
money in a red
envelope for the
Chinese New Year. I
also drew a lantern
because I like lanterns
and I like to play with
lanterns.
I thought about the picture
in my head, and then I
decided to draw it. There
were lots of mountains in
my mind. In China, a
mountain means long life.
Water means happiness. I
like drawing mountains
and water.
Honorable Mention – Katelyn Bassano
The Margaret Gioiosa School
2nd Place – Jenny Chin – 2nd Grade
Seaford Harbor School
I visited China two
years ago, there were
beautiful houses and
temples that I had
never seen before.
We also saw a show
with a fiery dragon
holding a red
envelope and the
dancers were
dancing the dragon
dance.
3rd Place Angela Chen 2nd Grade
P.S. 204 The Vince Lombardi School
At the Chinese New
Year night, we found a
little spot at the edge to
watch the dragon
parade, my father took
the pictures of the
dragon balloon show.
Everyone was happy
and excited; we
celebrated the Chinese
New Year together.
1st Place – Elizabeth Browning
P.S. 50 Frank Hankinson School
I drew a giant
dragon so it would
scare away all the
bad spirits for the
Chinese New Year.
I painted a sunset
with me in front
of it. Behind the
dragon, I painted
the city and stars
in the sky.
Honorable Mention – Wendy Zou,
5th Grade, P.S. 124 Yung Wing School
This year is the year
of the Ox. I drew an
Ox in my picture to
tell people that this
picture is in the year
of Ox. I drew 3
people doing the lion
dance and 2 cows are
holding gold in their
hands. There are lion
dances and also
people dressed up in
dog costumes
matching down the
street at Chinese
New Year.
In my drawing is the
Great Wall of China,
which is a very fantastic
structure of China. It is
also the only manmade
structure that can be
seen from the moon.
This structure kept
invaders from the north.
What is really amazing
is that the Great Wall is
still standing after
invaders attacked.
Honorable Mention–Kaiyuan Mao, Grade 5
P.S. 173 The Fresh Meadows School
3rd Place - Christina Skrastins Grade 5
P.S. 207 Elizabeth G. Leary School
The painting I made
reflects towards Chinese
culture. It does because
of the red color, Ying &
Yang, and the Chinese
dragons.
The red background
shows the beliefs of
Chinese people that red
is a lucky color. The
symbol of Ying & Yang
is in the middle. The
dragons symbolize as
Ying and Yang. This all
tells you about the
culture of China.
2nd Place - Selena Perez Grade 5
P.S. 96 Richard Rodgers School
In my painting I drew two people.
They seem to be looking at
flowers and relaxing. They are
sitting on a porch. The porch has
bunches of flowers that surround
them. They are dressed in
beautiful clothing.
1st Place - Elaine Lee Grade 4
P.S. 205 Alexander Graham Bell School
The picture I drew is a tree
with golden kumquats.
The golden kumquats are
fruits that will give you
health, wealth, good
fortune, and a long happy
life for many years ahead.
The man is the spirit of
good fortune and wealth.
Those are some of the
common symbols that we
use in celebrating Chinese
New Year. This year is the
year of the Ox.
The importance of dragons in
the Chinese culture, Chinese
emperors feel that they are
dragons and are sons of
Heaven, and the dragon is also
seen as a symbol of imperial
power. Chinese hold the cherry
blossom trees in high regard for
over a thousand years. They
feel that the cherry blossom is a
symbol of beauty and is also
linked to samurai, where the
falling petals represent fallen
warriors.
Honorable Mention Christopher Spinelli Grade 8,
P.S. 207 Fillmore Academy
Honorable Mention – Caroline Juang
8th Grade, Manhasset Middle School
A cluster of stories passed
down in Chinese tradition
has molded the Chinese
culture to what it is today.
The painting I created for
the contest displays my
interest in the stories of
Chinese culture. The
images shown in my
painting include some of
the many interesting tales
in Chinese tradition,
including the Chinese
Zodiac, a warrior god,
Hou Yi is shooting down
nine of the ten suns in the
sky.
Our class took a trip to
Chinatown. I found out
that fishing was one of
the four basic occupations
popular with Chinese
people so I created the
large fish in the center of
my art. I used the color
red to symbolize wealth
And prosperity while the
yellow is symbolic of the
earth.
3rd Place - Lauren Lynch,
6th Grade PS/IS 87Q
我這幅畫是想告訴大家，牛成為十二生
肖的故事，也是中國文化的一部份，牠
非常勤勞，日復一日、年復一年地為我
們工作，也不會抱怨任何人。所以當牠
2nd Place - Cui-Zhen Su, Grade 8
成為十二生肖的其中一員時，每個人都
Is 61Q Leonardo Da Vine School
為牠歡呼，因為牠將登上天宮。
Chinese culture can be about
many things, dance, clothing,
food, temples, etc. Dragon
Boat Festivals are very
important in Chinese culture
because of the legend that it
protects the body of Qu
Yuan’s. Qu Yuan killed himself
to be with his fallen dynasty.
This shows loyalty to our
culture and heritage.
1st Place - Lucy Ye, 7th Grade
J.H.S. 189Q
Since I am so
attracted to nature
it is only natural that
I should relate to the
subject matters
presented in many
Chinese’s artwork.
This is why I decided
to choose a flower as
my subject because it
is what most
fascinates me in
nature.
Honorable Mention – Anum Khali
11th Grade, Abraham Lincoln HS
The truth and beauty of nature lies
within a flower.
“莫道不消魂，帘卷
西凤，人比黄花瘦。”
这是我此次创作源泉。
一个古代女子手握黄
花独坐在石头上，脸
上浮现的是忧郁的神
情。而此时，她的思
绪已经脱离了实在的
肉体，飞翔到九霄云
外去了。这个画面我
现在已用淡墨描涂在
纸上。黄昏时节，独
自把盏赏菊，己自神
伤，而此时的菊花开
得极盛极美。
Honorable Mention- Shu Jun Li 12th Grade
Abraham Lincoln High School
In this picture I
tried to illustrate
dragon which would
reflect Chinese
culture. And the ball
is to represent Yin
and Yang. Also I
tried to use bright
colors to make this
picture more Chinese
because China is a
very bright country.
Honorable Mention - Elena Vlasiuc
12th Grade, Tottenville High School
3rd Place - Hei Man Mok, 10th Grade
Commack High School
It was told that watching
these “Chinese lions”
dance would receive luck
the rest of the year.
People circled around the
“Chinese lions” and give
red packets to the drum
crews who made the
music while the lions
were dancing.
My painting displays a
Chinese woman taking
a moment out of her
busy live to mediate
and become one with
nature. She sits alone
with her writing table
and a scroll. She is
listening to the voice of
nature as she reflects
her life. The
surroundings and the
birth of nature, and
how the clouds open
up to bring in a new
world for this woman.
2nd Place – Liseth Flores, 12th Grade
Richmond Hill High School
Inspired by the Chinese
culture, I have realized that
Korean culture was not
much different than it has
been long ago. My interest
in jewelry has inspired me
to come to my project's
achievement. Asian queens
and princesses had an
attraction for exotic
jewelry's and expensive
pins. They also kept a
traditional routine of the
prohibition of cutting their
hairs. My project
emphasizes Chinese culture
in an exotic tradition.
1st Place - Christina Shin, 11th Grade
Bayside High School
Our special thanks to:
NYCDOE Office of English Language Learners
New York University Metro Center