Chinese calligraphy has always been more than simply a tool for communication, incorporating as it does the element of artistry for which the practice is still valued in an age of ballpoint pens and ...

Since similar tools and lines were used for the earliest painting and writing, painting is said to have the same origin as calligraphy. Chinese paintings also include poetry or calligraphy ...

Despite the advent of digital technology and modern communication tools, Chinese calligraphy continues to be widely practiced and respected in contemporary China and across Chinese-speaking ...

As the practice we recognize today spread across East Asia, countries like China, Japan, and Korea developed their own methods of creating high-quality calligraphy tools. Top-of-the-line brushes ...

BOZHOU, CHINA - AUGUST 28: (CHINA OUT) A calligraphers writes Chinese calligraphy in a middle school on August 28, 2015 in Bozhou, Anhui Province of China. Over 100 calligraphy lovers attended the ...

The ancient Chinese calligraphic scroll by Rao Jie contains an inscription by Emperor Qianlong and his imperial seal.