Charm of writing has growing appeal as a way to find inner peace
11 months, 4 weeks ago

Charm of writing has growing appeal as a way to find inner peace

China Daily  

Students take part in a calligraphy competition in Lanzhou, Gansu province. He sees the writing process as a way to talk with himself, through which he says he is enlightened and able to find his own life philosophy. For Zhou Jinsheng, writing calligraphy is more like a kind of sports activity. The 75-year-old has been writing on ground with a big-size brush in Beijing's parks for 10 years. Every time I finish my practice, I feel like finishing a set of tai chi exercises," says Zhou, whose peers prefer tai chi, a slow form of exercise popular among old people.

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Brushing up a legacy
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Brushing up a legacy

China Daily  

By Yang Yang | China Daily | Updated: 2024-05-28 10:23 Editor's note: Traditional arts and crafts are supreme samples of Chinese cultural heritage. A short soft brush connected to a long hard handle, both vigorous and gentle — a simple Chinese writing brush can describe the most sophisticated idea. In his book Huzhou Writing Brush and Chinese Culture published by …

Brushing up a legacy
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Brushing up a legacy

China Daily  

Editor's note: Traditional arts and crafts are supreme samples of Chinese cultural heritage. A short soft brush connected to a long hard handle, both vigorous and gentle — a simple Chinese writing brush can describe the most sophisticated idea. In his book Huzhou Writing Brush and Chinese Culture published by Peking University Press in 2010, scholar Ma Qingyun quotes Zhou …

Brushing up a legacy
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Brushing up a legacy

China Daily  

Editor's note: Traditional arts and crafts are supreme samples of Chinese cultural heritage. A short soft brush connected to a long hard handle, both vigorous and gentle — a simple Chinese writing brush can describe the most sophisticated idea. In his book Huzhou Writing Brush and Chinese Culture published by Peking University Press in 2010, scholar Ma Qingyun quotes Zhou …

Brushing up a legacy
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Brushing up a legacy

China Daily  

Editor's note: Traditional arts and crafts are supreme samples of Chinese cultural heritage. A short soft brush connected to a long hard handle, both vigorous and gentle — a simple Chinese writing brush can describe the most sophisticated idea. In his book Huzhou Writing Brush and Chinese Culture published by Peking University Press in 2010, scholar Ma Qingyun quotes Zhou …

Brushing up a legacy
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Brushing up a legacy

China Daily  

Editor's note: Traditional arts and crafts are supreme samples of Chinese cultural heritage. A short soft brush connected to a long hard handle, both vigorous and gentle — a simple Chinese writing brush can describe the most sophisticated idea. In his book Huzhou Writing Brush and Chinese Culture published by Peking University Press in 2010, scholar Ma Qingyun quotes Zhou …

A brush with history
11 months, 4 weeks ago

A brush with history

China Daily  

Chinese calligraphy is the artistic vehicle in which the nation's cultural lineage is carried. Editor's note: There are 43 items inscribed on UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage lists that not only bear witness to the past glories of Chinese civilization, but also continue to shine today. When Zhuo Heng entered a showroom of the National Art Museum of China one day …

Charm of writing has growing appeal as a way to find inner peace
11 months, 4 weeks ago

Charm of writing has growing appeal as a way to find inner peace

China Daily  

Residents practice calligraphy in a community center in Luohe city, Henan province. Before indulging herself in the enjoyment of writing Chinese calligraphy for hours on the weekends, Ma Huiyan makes a pot of tea using an exquisite tea set and burns some incense, a ritual the calligraphy lover says she needs to "create a perfect experience of spiritual enjoyment after …

Charm of writing has growing appeal as a way to find inner peace
11 months, 4 weeks ago

Charm of writing has growing appeal as a way to find inner peace

China Daily  

Residents practice calligraphy in a community center in Luohe city, Henan province. Before indulging herself in the enjoyment of writing Chinese calligraphy for hours on the weekends, Ma Huiyan makes a pot of tea using an exquisite tea set and burns some incense, a ritual the calligraphy lover says she needs to "create a perfect experience of spiritual enjoyment after …

A brush with history
11 months, 4 weeks ago

A brush with history

China Daily  

Chinese calligraphy is the artistic vehicle in which the nation's cultural lineage is carried. Editor's note: There are 43 items inscribed on UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage lists that not only bear witness to the past glories of Chinese civilization, but also continue to shine today. When Zhuo Heng entered a showroom of the National Art Museum of China one day …

Charm of writing has growing appeal as a way to find inner peace
11 months, 4 weeks ago

Charm of writing has growing appeal as a way to find inner peace

China Daily  

Calligraphy courses are popular among younger people. Most of the students in the training company are children and teenagers who are expected to learn more about Chinese culture through calligraphy. They believe that calligraphy opens doors to the world of Chinese traditional culture, such as poems, history and even philosophy," he adds. Many of his students initially set high goals, …

Charm of writing has growing appeal as a way to find inner peace
11 months, 4 weeks ago

Charm of writing has growing appeal as a way to find inner peace

China Daily  

Residents practice calligraphy in a community center in Luohe city, Henan province. Before indulging herself in the enjoyment of writing Chinese calligraphy for hours on the weekends, Ma Huiyan makes a pot of tea using an exquisite tea set and burns some incense, a ritual the calligraphy lover says she needs to "create a perfect experience of spiritual enjoyment after …

Charm of writing has growing appeal as a way to find inner peace
11 months, 4 weeks ago

Charm of writing has growing appeal as a way to find inner peace

China Daily  

A man writes on the ground and draws a big crowd of viewers in the Summer Palace in Beijing. "Just like my peers who love watching TV dramas or playing games, writing calligraphy is a way for me to entertain myself. Ma is one of the growing number of Chinese people who are turning to this traditional art form to …

Charm of writing has growing appeal as a way to find inner peace
11 months, 4 weeks ago

Charm of writing has growing appeal as a way to find inner peace

China Daily  

calligraphy enthusiast practices with water in Beihai Park in Beijing. Fang points out that people can learn calligraphy at any age, as opposed to the biased opinion that calligraphy must be learned from one's childhood. It's a way for people living in the fast-paced world to slow down and enjoy a poetic world made up of patterns of characters," he …

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