In the middle of 17th century, when the name of Leonardo da Vinci came out to the public with Mona Lisa, Gilgio Vasari, who is responsible for Chateau de Fontainebleau artwork catalog editing, appreciated “Mona Lisa” as “exquisite skills, and the best among all”. The number of who visited Louvre to see “Mona Lisa” is around 6 million every year. This painting was borrowed from French Government to President of the US, Kennedy as a special object, surprisingly crossed Atlantic, and arrived the US on 19th of December 1962, then was exhibited in Washington DC and New York for 52 days. The trip of this painting to the US, attracted imaginations from the whole world. Therefore, “Mona Lisa”, as the great masterpieces of the new era, also because of its mystery and fascinating feature, led to the unprecedented situation that people were so passionate to an individual artwork through the US history. The exhibition of “Mona Lisa”, also happened to be at the keypoint of the US history. It became an essential means of diplomacy and played its unique role during the peak time of Cold War. Today, after six centuries from “Mona Lisa” diplomacy, Silk Road Golden Bridge as well played a role of diplomatic massager in the friendly interactions between China and overseas by its fascinating Chinese feature and the art form of combining Chinese and other international cultures. Silk Road Golden Bridge annotates Chinese silk sprit of “new era” from the beginning to end, and it paves the way for constructing a community with a shared future for mankind.
《丝路金桥》油画作品的原型，是舒勇以“一带一路”倡议为背景创作的一件大型景观雕塑装置艺术作品。这件作品长28米、高6米、宽4米，由2万块“长城砖”形状的人造树脂水晶砖砌成，色如琥珀。每块砖里面是“丝绸之路”沿线数十个国家、近百座城市的“国花”或“市花”。舒勇说：“丝路金桥在创作的过程中我经过了严谨的论证，反复的推敲，充分尊重各个国家，各个民族文化，各种各样的信仰后，再以各国国花为艺术语言，通过桥这个具有世界性共鸣的文化符号为容器，来盛装世界各国的文化与情感。”
The prototype of the oil painting of Silk Road Golden Bridge is a large-scale landscape sculpture installation art created by Shu Yong on the background of the “Belt and Road” initiative. This piece is 28 meters long, 6 meters high and 4 meters wide. It is made of 20,000 pieces of "Great Wall Brick" artificial resin crystal bricks, and the color is amber. Inside each brick is the “National Flower” or “City Flower” of dozens of countries and nearly 100 cities along the “Silk Road”. Shu Yong said, “Silk Road Golden Bridge has been through rigorous verify as well as careful consideration during creating. After fully respect to every country, every culture and every faith, Silk Road Golden Bridge took Bridge, which is the symbol of connecting in worldwide, as the container; applied the national flowers from every country as the mutual language of art, to expresses cultures and emotions from the whole world.”
2009年，当舒勇获得第七届佛罗伦萨国际当代艺术双年展终身成就奖, 他是中国大陆首位，也是全世界最年轻的获此殊荣的艺术家。
In 2009, when Shu Yong was honored as Lifetime Achievement Award of the 7th Florence International Modern Art Biennale, he is the first artist in mainland China, as well as the youngest artist in the world who has been honored this title.
2015年，在意大利米兰世博会和米兰三年展上，《丝路金桥》来到了意大利。这件寓意架设“沟通之桥”的作品，在2015年米兰世博会，是当时体量最大，倍受欧洲媒体关注的中国艺术作品。
In 2015, at EXPO Milan and Milan Triennale, Shu Yong presented Silk Road Golden Bridge . The work symbolizing the establishment of a "bridge of communication", was the heaviest Chinese artwork in EXPO Milan, and attracted European media’s fully attention.
2018年7月，丝路金桥在哈萨克斯坦首都阿斯塔纳展出，哈萨克斯坦总统纳扎尔巴耶夫、吉尔吉斯斯坦总统热恩别科夫、塔吉克斯坦总统拉赫蒙和乌兹别克斯坦总统米尔济约耶夫在丝路金砖上的签名。
July 2018 , Silk Road Golden Bridge was exhibited in the capital city of The Republic of Kazakhstan, Astana, Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev, Kyrgyzstan President Sooronbay Jeenbekov, Tajikistan President Emomali Rahmon and Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev signed on the golden brick.
2018年9月，丝路金桥作为中非合作论坛北京峰会的标志性景观在国家会议中心前，以其独具魅力的中国个性、以融通中外的文化艺术形式，诠释了新时代的丝路精神和“丝路金桥”新的使命和担当。
September 2018，as the iconic landscape of FOCAC Beijing Summit 2018 ,Silk Road Golden Bridge is exhibiting in front of the National Convention Center, With its unique Chinese personality and the cultural and artistic forms of Chinese and foreign fusion, it interprets the spirit of the Silk Road in the new era and the new mission and responsibility of Silk Road Golden Bridge.
多年来舒勇持续不断地用他的艺术，与意大利及西方文化进行着各种不同形式的互动和对话，为中西方的艺术、文化交流提供更多交流渠道。本次活动的中西方艺术的深度对话交流，用国际化的艺术语言为“一带一路”建设发出更多好声音，注入更多正能量，，为中国深度融入国际社会推动和平发展发挥着积极作用。
During those years, Shu Yong consistently communicates and interacts through different forms with Italian and other Western countries in terms of his artworks. To provide more communication channels for the exchange of art and culture between China and the West, in-depth dialogue and exchange of Chinese and Western art in this event, uses the internationalized artistic language provide a new possibility for “One Belt, One Road” strategy to go deep into the international community, play an active role in China’s deep integration into the international community and made contributions.(记者/王欣)
