Archaeologists have discovered that ancient Chinese who lived 3,000 years ago mainly used brush pens to write, rather than using sharp tools to carve characters. Sharp carving tools were once most ...

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 ...

A calligraphy expert shows students how to use a traditional brush pen in Hefei, Anhui province, on Jan 13. Du Yu/For China Daily Youngsters unwilling to learn ancient skills needed to produce the ...

Zhou Pengcheng has been engaged in this ancient handicraft for more than six decades.[Photo/Xinhua] Zhou Pengcheng, 76, has dedicated his life to the centuries-old intangible cultural heritage of ...

影视剧中，我们常见到古代欧洲人用羽毛笔来书写，动作潇洒飘逸。而同样是用动物的毛发来制作书写工具，中国的毛笔则有着全然不同的风采——它选择了动物毛软而韧的部分，可以写出千变万化的字体，记录了中国不同时代的事、不同性格的人。 In movies and ...

Huang Binhong (China, 1864–1955), Mountain Landscape, c. 1953. Ink and color on paper. Gift of Dr. Shirley Sun (A.B., 1964; A.M., 1969; Ph.D, 1974), 1994.113 The Cantor Arts Center is currently ...