The Journey of a Legendary Landscape Painting is about Wang Ximeng, a young Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127) painter, whose A ...

Here are some famous lines from poems in the Tang and Song Dynasties (618-1279) remembering the day. The English translations used in this article are from noted Chinese translator Xu Yuanchong.

The beauty of Chinese poetry often lies in how poets capture and channel their emotions into the portrayal of a scene. Taking inspiration from classical and modern Chinese poems and merging them ...

Chinese and Arab poets, officials, artists and students gathered at the Palace Museum in Beijing for the China-Arab Poetry Conference on Nov 29th, which was part of the celebration to mark the ...

The appreciation and execution of poetry and calligraphy, and later painting, became the means by which the Chinese have understood and expressed themselves as individuals and as members of a society.

Calligraphy, literally "beautiful writing," has been appreciated as an art form in many different cultures throughout the world, but the stature of calligraphy in Chinese culture is unmatched. In ...

Still other writings have yet to be translated and understood. The overwhelming majority of these remarkable writings, however, are poems written in Chinese, many of them made all the more impressive ...

Numerous carvings and writings in several languages have been found on the barracks walls of the Angel Island Immigration Station. The overwhelming majority of these remarkable writings are poems ...

Many praised his carefree spirit, likening him to ancient Chinese literati such as Li Bai, who often recited poetry spontaneously. The man, Zhao Yue, in his 30s, has worked for China’s largest ...