Invented in China around 300 B.C.E, the bamboo brush was originally intended solely for traditional calligraphy and ink painting styles. When grouped together with the inkstone, inkstick, and xuan ...

Years of practice shape art rooted in focus and cultural identity.

Master of Chinese calligraphy, Zhongyang Lu, will demonstrate the five major calligraphic styles and discuss their meanings on Feb. 4, 2 p.m., at the Saratoga Library, 13650 Saratoga Ave. Lu has been ...

Noted thinker, renowned master of art form, Kang Youwei, celebrated at international event, Song Mengxing reports. The magical, even mystical world of Chinese calligraphy - the art of converting ...

Chinese art star Xu Bing, left, shows W.J. Bryan Museum Magnet School fifth grader Aaliya Arahna, right, how to do Chinese calligraphy. Fifth grade students visited the Patricia and Phillip Frost ...

Calligraphy, or shufa, is one of the four basic skills and disciplines of the Chinese literati, the other three being painting (hua), playing a stringed musical instrument (qin) and board games (qi).

“Can you draw me a Labubu?” a child eagerly asks Vivian Ng at a bustling Chinese New Year roadshow. The 33-year-old, known for her inventive take on Chinese calligraphy, smiles warmly as she ...

Artist Richard Wang holds a scroll of rice paper with Chinese calligraphy meaning birds sing, flowers smell fragrant in his home studio on June 26 in Niskayuna. Wang created Ink for Healing, a ...

The 2022 "Chinese Bridge Chinese Proficiency Competition - Calligraphy and Painting Challenge" is calling for entries from Chinese language lovers worldwide. The challenge offers a chance for Chinese ...