Suzhou Hosts First Bai Juyi Poetry Conference in Anhui, China
SUZHOU, CHINA, May 19, 2025 – (ACN Newswire) – A Thousand Years of Poetry, A City of Elegance. On May 16, the first Bai Juyi Poetry Conference, themed “Millennia of Dialogue, Poetic Suzhou,” was held in Suzhou, Anhui Province.
“Grasses grow thick on the plain, wither and flourish year by year. Wildfires cannot burn them all; come spring, they sprout anew.” More than 1,200 years ago, the 16-year-old Bai Juyi composed the renowned poem Grasses on the Ancient Plain in Fuli, Suzhou. Now, following the poetic geography paved by the Tang Dynasty poet, Suzhou embarks on a poetic dialogue that connects the ancient and the present.
AI-generated portraits of Bai Juyi released, reimagining the poet through technology
A set of cross-temporal AI-generated portraits of Bai Juyi was publicly released for the first time, preserving the elegance of the poet as recorded in ancient texts while imbuing him with a vivid modern charm. These portraits offer a glimpse into Bai Juyi’s dramatic life: in youth, a burning passio…