For many, Chinese calligraphy is the world's most favorable ... into the rhythmic motion of expressions. That places each word in the proper space of the xuan paper. The author and his grandfather ...

The Cicadas Chinese Calligraphy Club draws upon ancient tradition ... Zong said members wrote Chinese couplets – 14 word poems split into two groups of seven – on red paper and stuck them ...

By Jerrine Tan At the start of my first lesson in Chinese calligraphy, my teacher told ... I was — in a word — seduced. Growing up in Singapore, I had a fraught relationship with my Chinese ...

The written words were cherished as works of art ... a recreation of the kind of Chinese salon in which calligraphy was sometimes painted and displayed. Elegant works by Dong Qichang (1555-1636 ...

But how convenient -- all you have to do is trace over the words in the background -- and now you've written your first character in Chinese calligraphy. Mashable Light Speed Want more out-of-this ...

Exhibition of Buddhist sutras, though written in Chinese for a religion ... The 12th-century hand scroll is on display in “Words of Wisdom: Buddhist Calligraphy from Japan” at the Freer ...

Summoning Memories features artists of Chinese descent who negotiate the long legacy of Chinese calligraphy and ink painting through alternative approaches. Xu Bing, "Square Word Calligraphy - The ...

“Chinese Calligraphy “Shu Fa ... It is a set of skills and techniques for positioning and inscribing words so they show integrity, harmony, rhythm and creative fire,” he added.