The 700-year-old scroll by renowned calligrapher Rao Jie fetched over $32 million after a heated bidding battle at Sotheby’s.

WELLINGTON, April 13 (Xinhua) -- The Confucius Classroom at the University of the South Pacific's Cook Islands campus has marked International Chinese Language Day with a vibrant celebration featuring ...

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Photo: Courtesy of Dorje Tsewang In a sunlit studio in Lhasa, Southwest China's Xizang Autonomous Region, Dorje Tsewang carefully glides his brush across the paper, immersing himself in the art of ...

"Calligraphy is deeply embedded in every facet of Chinese culture, yet it often goes unnoticed. People may admire the physical artifacts (the scrolls, the ink, the paper), but they overlook the ...

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The Ruins of St Paul’s in Macau, China.Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto ... how its serenity allowed pilgrims to centre themselves before embarking on a strenuous religious journey”.

"but we do know that by 1200 B.C. the Chinese had developed a crude form of paper made from reeds and rice." Presumably they would protect the letter with a paper casing. The ancient Egyptians ...

The ancient Chinese calligraphic scroll by Rao Jie contains an inscription by Emperor Qianlong and his imperial seal.