What do you think of when you think of traditional Chinese ink painting? To start with, ink on paper and silk. Then, century upon century of graceful, languid calligraphy and dreamy landscapes and ...

Sifting through bags of goat hairs to select quality ones for the production of Chinese ink brushes can be tough and boring, but this is routine work for Zhang Wennian, 50, who is an inheritor of the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Invented in China around 300 B.C.E, the bamboo brush was originally intended solely for traditional calligraphy and ink painting ...

Wang Houxian, a renowned ink-brush maker from Huzhou, shares with children the traditional Chinese ink brush-making technique and calligraphy culture. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] ...

Landscape-inspired geographies of the soul and mind — that’s one way to think of the ink-brush paintings of contemporary Chinese artist Pan Gongkai. Those landscapes can range from intimate garden ...

A set of ink-brush paintings by Chinese artist Qi Baishi has sold for $144 million, breaking all records for Chinese paintings, a Beijing auction house said Monday. The group of 12 panels painted in ...

The pursuit of beauty has been a timeless thread weaving throughout human history. China's distinct aesthetics are not only embodied in every aspect of Chinese life, but also increasingly bringing ...

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 ...