Calligraphy, literally "beautiful writing," has been appreciated as an art form in many different cultures throughout the world, but the stature of calligraphy in Chinese culture is unmatched. In ...

The poems would make the landscapes come alive, at least to any Chinese viewer. “Poetry is a much better vehicle for the expression of emotion than painting or calligraphy, both of which draw on ...

Chinese Calligraphy Captivates the West ... One of my students, a middle-aged real estate broker, composed a Chinese poem about her whole story -- how she got to know me, ...

Large public exhibits of ancient Chinese calligraphy are rare in the United States, ... (618-907) "Palace Poem" by Wang Jian, rewritten by Mi Wanzhong in cursive, the most casual script, ...

The Cicadas Chinese Calligraphy Club draws upon ancient tradition to write a new chapter at UCLA. ... Buddhist texts, poems and more, which range from 500 to 3,000 years old.

Pam Strudler "Three Hundred Tang Poems, Pure in Emotion" focuses on poetry from China’s Tang Dynasty (618-907). The poems were originally compiled around 1763 by the scholar Sun Zhu (1722-1778 ...

As a young boy in Taiwan, Jerry Yang was forced to study calligraphy — writing Chinese characters with a brush. The practice is thought to mold character as well as to reflect it, but Yang found ...

So I feel like calligraphy is one way for me to kind of immerse myself in the Chinese culture," Chong said. With precise brush strokes, Luk gave KPIX 5 cameras a demonstration.

“Flying Flowers and Scattered Snow” (飞花散雪), a title captured from an ancient seven-character Tang dynasty poem, was performed in the courtyard of the Harvard Art Museums by the Chinese ...

The other thing is I want to combine modern and traditional Chinese language.” To accomplish the latter, Zhang has written, in beautiful calligraphy, classical Chinese poems onto her paintings.

Water calligraphy, or ground writing in Chinese by an anonymous artist in Montreal, the largest city in Canada's Quebec province, has sparked local people's interest in ancient Chinese poetry.