Greek muralist brings ancient Chinese poetry to life in Wuhan, China. Inspired by the verse "Jade flutes play in Yellow Crane Tower; plum blossoms fall in May over the river city," the artist created ...
As the Year of the Snake approaches, international students in Shanghai from all over the world have embraced "snakes" in Chinese poetry. Through poetic recitation, they are celebrating the arrival of ...
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 ...
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.
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 ...
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 ...