The 3rd China (Sanxiang) Classical Furniture Festival & Trade Fair will open on Oct. 28th. This furniture festival consists of 15 activities such as Classical Painting Furniture Competition, Classical Furniture Design Competition, Cooking Competition, Sanxiang Traditional Folk Culture Performance, Fine Scented Rosewood and Red Sanders Show, etc. Classical Painting Furniture Competition opened yesterday afternoon, and over 60 artists from Guangdong took the preliminary contests.

Chen Weixin, Director of Sanxiang Classical Furniture Association, said that Sanxiang classical furniture painting is No. 1 in China, having strength in production and design with a dozen western-style classical furniture enterprises and 1000 workers at peak time. Most western-style classical painting furniture is exported to America, often with 100 or even 1000 pieces each order. The most popular are Chinese-style water, mountain, fish, and insect paintings, such as lotus painting rich of oriental flavor.