Master of Chinese calligraphy, Zhongyang Lu, will demonstrate the five major calligraphic styles and discuss their meanings on Feb. 4, 2 p.m., at the Saratoga Library, 13650 Saratoga Ave. Lu has been ...

Twenty-eight styles of “longevity” are shown during Liu Mengyin’s calligraphy exhibition, which is ongoing from Nov 16 - 20 in Xiamen, Fujian province. [Photo / xmnn.cn] Liu Mengyin’s calligraphy ...

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 ...

For many, Chinese calligraphy is the world's most favorable form of art. I can remember the time when I was a preschooler, my grandfather, Chen Teh Tseng, had taken me to one of his home residences at ...

“Can you draw me a Labubu?” a child eagerly asks Vivian Ng at a bustling Chinese New Year roadshow. The 33-year-old, known for her inventive take on Chinese calligraphy, smiles warmly as she ...

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).

Like any other calligraphy artist, Jay Ng works with a brush and ink, but she is unique: her ink is food colouring, and instead of paper, she writes on delicious mirror glaze cakes. Ng’s Chinese ...

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 ...

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 ...