The exhibition is the result of a joint initiative by the Tsinghua museum and the university's School of Journalism and Communication earlier this year. It invited people to submit still and motion pictures. Works on show were selected from more than 6,000 submissions from home and abroad.

The museum currently only receives students, teachers and faculty members. But the public can visit its website to take a virtual tour of the exhibition.

Works on show were captured or filmed by artists, journalists and, mostly, ordinary people, whose snapshots document how they've coped with the changes in life and work.

CPC Tsinghua University Committee deputy secretary Xiang Botao says the exhibition helps people emotionally bond with art at a time when individuals need to continue social distancing.