Woodcut prints are an ancient Chinese art form, and in modern times they provide a unique view of the country’s political and social turmoil during the past century.

The Cross-Strait Chinese Character Art Festival kicked off in Beijing Imperial Ancestral Temple on September 16, 2010. This is the first cultural exchange activity co-sponsored by the mainland and ...

Rare 16th to 19th century woodblock prints from the National Library in Beijing and the Shanghai Museum form “Gardens, Art, and Commerce in Chinese Woodblock Prints” at the Huntington Library.

0 Comment(s) Print E-mail China.org.cn, September 24, 2012 Adjust font size: The signing ceremony of cooperation for the Cross-Straits Chinese Character Art Center was held on Sept. 7 in Zaozhuang ...

Dragon.[Photo provided to China Daily] The formation of Chinese characters makes them each a stand-alone subject of research and creation for artists to explore and reinterpret the philosophy behind.

Few art forms are as quintessentially Japanese as the woodblock print. Yet its roots are not purely indigenous, and its development in the last decades of the 17th century owes much to China.

Among the many offerings currently on view, the Cleveland Museum of Art has two new collections opening to the public in November. The first, “Modern Impressions—Light and Water in Chinese ...

The elaborate new key art spotlights five of the main characters in the expansive tale -- Yeoh's Guanyin, Wang's Jin, Quan's Freddy Wong, Daniel Wu's Monkey King and Jimmy Liu's Wei-Chin -- and ...

The original North American Chinatown, in San Francisco, has preserved its character and warren of alleys, but is reinventing itself through art, food and tours that highlight its history of activism.