What do you think of when you think of traditional Chinese ink painting? To start with, ink on paper and silk. Then, century upon century of graceful, languid calligraphy and dreamy landscapes and ...

HEFEI, Oct. 10 (Xinhua) -- Sifting through bags of goat hairs to select quality ones for the production of Chinese ink brushes can be tough and boring, but this is routine work for Zhang Wennian, 50, ...

There was a time, not so long ago, when the manipulation of images was a rare and magical thing. Expensive and time consuming, I was confined largely to the worlds of advertising, marketing and glossy ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Mention Chinese art and most people think of brush-and-ink painting, a medium that has been around for at least 2000 years. The image ...

Detail of the painting "Laozi Leaving Hangu Pass" by Fan Zeng. [Photo/CMG] According to historical allusions, Laozi, the Taoist sage, rode on a water buffalo heading to the west 2,500 years ago. At ...