Kong Minghui, an inheritor of the paper-tearing calligraphy art, demonstrates his techniques to visitors in Lujiang county, Anhui province, November 3, 2013. The paper-tearing calligraphy, as an ...

Chinese 书法 (shū fǎ), calligraphy, is the ancient art of Chinese handwriting. No publication on Chinese culture could ever omit mention of Chinese characters and calligraphy. For foreigners, 汉字 (hàn zì ...

Penn Chinese Calligraphy Club was founded virtually in fall of 2020. Two Penn transfer students founded a club to teach students the art of Chinese calligraphy. College juniors Allison Chou and ...

BEIJING - Today's Chinese artists have the opportunity to preserve their works much longer than the masters who painted hundreds of years ago. Chinese researchers have developed a non-flammable ...

Wielding huge writing brushes, and scattering sawdust on billboards to make the ink dry faster – Chinese calligrapher Yeung Kai still remembers what it was like making shop signs in the old days. “The ...

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Over the past decade, 71-year-old Koay Choon Aun has perfected the art of paper cutting and calligraphy – art forms that are essential decorative elements during the Chinese New Year. What began as a ...

Japanese calligraphy, or shodo, is an ancient art that blends writing with beauty. It requires years of practice and patience ...

CONSIDERED as one of the most aesthetic expressions of handwriting, calligraphy is a beautiful art form of rendering letters, elements and symbols by the interplay of ink, a writing implement and ...