Chen Ching-tsung (陳景聰), who has been making calligraphy brushes for more than 50 years, said he sees himself as a “a life-long warrior-artisan” and wants to attract young brush makers to preserve the ...

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, who is an inheritor of the ...

Wang Houxian, a renowned ink-brush maker from Huzhou, shares with children the traditional Chinese ink brush-making technique and calligraphy culture. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn] ...

HANGZHOU, Sept. 6 (Xinhua) -- In a township around 60 kilometers from the city of Hangzhou, home of e-commerce giant Alibaba, a group of Chinese ink brush manufacturers are struggling to survive at a ...

A craftsman makes Chinese ink brushes at a workshop in Xuancheng, Anhui province, in June. The handicraft was recognized as a national intangible cultural heritage in 2008. [Photo provided to China ...

Mon, December 18, 2017 Published on Dec. 18, 2017 Published on 2017-12-18T17:51:19+07:00 set of ink-brush paintings by Chinese artist Qi Baishi has sold for $144 million, breaking all records for ...

An artisan shows one of the best writing brushes produced by the Shanlian Huzhou Ink Brush Factory (YANG YANG / CHINA DAILY) A short soft brush connected to a long hard handle, both vigorous and ...

A passionate Chinese calligrapher has spent a month making a gigantic writing brush and hopes to set a new world record with it. Cheng Yufei, from Luoyang city in China's Hunan Province, handcrafted ...