Street graffiti culture in China

Beijing Wall

Beijing Wall, Beijing Graffiti Wall is located on Renmin University South Road, Haidian District, Beijing, with a length of 730 meters and an average height of 2.5 meters. It has a long history as a graffiti wall, and almost all of it is the work of students. In November 2005, as the 2008 Olympic Games approached, 1,000 days before the opening, nearly 400 volunteers participated in creating the theme of "The Olympics is Coming to Us", which was named "Beijing". "Wall" has thus become the longest graffiti art wall in China.

Shanghai Graffiti Wall

The Shanghai Graffiti Wall is located on the Nanjing Road Pedestrian Street in Huangpu District, Shanghai. It became famous because in 2004, the Shanghai Municipal Government held the "Fashion Nanjing" event to celebrate the 5th anniversary of the pedestrian street. Street graffiti competition with the theme of "Road, Endless Fun". 15 animation clubs participated in the creation, with different styles and great tension.

Guangzhou Graffiti Wall

The Guangzhou Graffiti Wall is located in an open space wall under the Yuexiu South Road Viaduct in Guangzhou. It is a legend of street graffiti in Guangzhou. It was first graffitied by MiG (Guangzhou Professional Graffiti Group) and graffiti artists from Hong Kong; later, more and more people graffitied on it, constantly covering the previous works; later, in order to welcome certain celebrations, it was painted white again , and wrote official slogans such as "Building a Better City"; later, graffiti artists graffitied on top of the slogans, so that the final result was that the graffiti and slogans blended with each other and coexisted peacefully.

Fuzhou Graffiti Walls

Fuzhou graffiti walls are widely distributed, mainly concentrated near viaducts and tunnels. There are large expanses of wall to create without disturbing the bustling city streets. Relatively dense points include Xiangshan Tunnel, Pingtung Hongqiang Lane, Sanxianzhou Bridge, Minjiang River Embankment, etc. Due to urban management issues in Fuzhou Municipal Government, transitional graffiti is not supported. Graffiti artists hope that there will be a specially designated area for creation in the future.

Zhengzhou Graffiti Walls

Zhengzhou Graffiti Walls are widely distributed and scattered. They are mainly common in small streets, such as those on Information College Road. There are so many strange pictures that people can’t understand what they are painted on. Maybe the artist had the intention to cause trouble, but in short, it’s hard to figure out. For every municipal department, they will not want people to paint randomly and make a mess everywhere. This is especially true for Zhengzhou, which is currently applying for a national sanitary city. At present, these graffiti works have basically been painted clean.