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 ...

Rain failed to stop art lovers from visiting a renowned private art museum in northern Seoul on May 20. A long line of people were waiting to enter the Kansong Art Museum to enjoy the paintings of ...

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 ...

Hazy moonlight shimmers on a tranquil bamboo forest. The bamboo, so upright and leafy, seem to be swaying gently in the night breeze, but never losing grip completely. Haegang Gim Gyu-jin’s ...

Li Sifei, a 37-year-old teacher in Chongqing's rural Fuling district, teaches students to turn seemingly worthless bamboo husks into vivid paintings. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] A ...

Workshop in the art of Chinese brush painting with Chinese artist Chi Zhang focusing on traditional bamboo painting. Discover the fascinating art of Chinese brush painting and try your hand at this ...

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" ...