Poets from both countries participated in the event's opening ceremony that evening. Apart from poem recitations, impromptu performances by a French singer and Chinese painters and calligraphists also made the event lively and interesting.

On April 20, a panel on poem composition and translation began at the Humble Administration Garden in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province. Distinguished French poets Gérard Macé, Jean-Claude Pinson and Philippe Beck attended the event and recited their poetic works that feature three different styles of French poems - philosophical, radical and calm.

The event also allowed poets from various background to express their views on the survivability of poems and poets in the process of cultural globalization.

Che Qianzi, a noted poet in Suzhou, said that Suzhou in the ancient time was a place where Chinese poets got together and exchanged their views on poems, and "The Spring of Poets" revived the tradition and expanded it to an international cultural communication activity.

Two Photograph Exhibitions Not to Miss

Two photograph exhibitions not to miss at the 2007 China-France Culture Communication Festival were "The Birth of Photography - A French Invention" and "Willy Ronis in Paris，" held in The Capital Museum from April 12 to May 12.

In "The Birth of Photography - A French Invention," 117 historical cultural artifacts and photographs were on display, including the world's first camera, to introduce the evolution of the photography as both an art and a technique.

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