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).

Calligraphy is something every special for Chinese. It is not only an important part of traditional Chinese culture but also a way of life for people of all stripes. Calligraphy is something every ...

For millennia, adepts of calligraphy in China and connoisseurs worldwide have regarded it as the summit of the arts of Asia. "Out of Character: Decoding Chinese Calligraphy" at the Asian Art Museum ...

Brice Marden, “Etchings to Rexroth” (1986), print; sugarlift, aquatint, openbite, drypoint, and scraping. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Purchase through a ...

Regarded by the Chinese as the highest expression of all art forms, calligraphy has been flourishing and evolving in China for over 3,000 years. The extraordinary variety of calligraphic techniques, ...

A performance is staged to celebrate the opening of the "The Historical Expression of Chinese Art: Calligraphy and Painting from the National Museum of China" exhibition at the National Museum of ...

Chinese calligraphy and paintings on display at the exhibition in Moscow. [Photo/China Daily by Ren Qi] Russian people are getting more interested in Chinese traditional culture, and the number of ...

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Some students in Myanmar have spent much of the summer vacation learning Chinese calligraphy at the China Cultural Center in Yangon. Myintzu Theint, 25, has been learning brush calligraphy at the ...

Dance of Calligraphy in 353 AD, a dance drama produced by the Shanghai Opera House, debuted at the Opera House of the National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA) on Friday and delighted audiences ...