In Chinese calligraphy, the white space (空白 kōng bái) is as important as the ink. It reflects the Daoist concept of emptiness — that true meaning arises in the balance between form and void, action ...

The Cicadas Chinese Calligraphy Club draws upon ancient tradition to write a new chapter at UCLA. Founded in 2021, the student-run organization provides a space for like-minded Bruins to develop ...

In short, while calligraphy involves the Confucian emphasis on the social, this cannot be separated from a more Daoist emphasis on the workings of nature. Although the practice and appreciation of ...

In calligraphy, the idea is to replicate the old masters’ techniques, thereby refining your own. I imagined that this would be a deeply meditative practice, and for the most part it was.

When UNESCO added Chinese calligraphy to its Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2009, it praised the tradition as "an artistic practice that reflects the unique ...

As an authority on Chinese calligraphy, Bong Wai Chen taught art classes in his studio, lectured on the theory and practice of calligraphy and provided demonstrations for schools and cultural ...

Jingxi Weng (left) and Xiaoyi Tian (right), two third-year Ph.D. students from China, practice calligraphy of the Chinese character "福," which means blessing and happiness, at the Spring ...

The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) on Thursday shared its findings from a survey conducted between 2020 and 2022 that interviewed 112 people aged 55 to 75 who regularly practised ...

“It’s an art and an exercise,” Neal said of Chinese calligraphy. He added a few drops of water to the stone and swirled it around with a brush. “First, you practice with water, then you ...

Robotic Chinese calligraphy and gesture recognition represent a dynamic convergence of traditional art and modern robotics. This interdisciplinary field harnesses advanced computational methods to ...

It was the kind of artistic education that Tong said had largely vanished from mainland Chinese schools because of politics, with calligraphy practices left to the rarefied pursuit of artists and ...