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 ...

City-based artist and art historian, Koeli Mukherjee Ghose, still practices the ancient art form. City-based artist and art historian, Koeli Mukherjee Ghose, still practices the ancient art form. Back ...

The Dunhuang Grottoes in northwest China’s Gansu Province are turning out to be a real cultural gold mine. When Chinese scholars went to investigate the murals at Dunhuang they found a large number of ...

The theory of the shared origin of painting and calligraphy, and its practical application, comes from the special characteristics of Chinese writing and the Chinese brush, the implement used in both ...

Bamboo has been a traditional theme of Chinese painters for thousands of years. It has kept its allure for Cui Huimin because, for Cui, bamboo is a symbol of noble character and sterling integrity. He ...

In China, evergreen bamboo, pine, and plum trees are traditionally associated with winter and also closely identified with the scholar in private life. Known as the scholar's "three friends of winter" ...