Zhoubi Suanjing（The Arithmetical Classic of the Gnomon and the Circular Paths of Heaven）was essentially an astronomy text，thought to have been...
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Zhang Heng（78-139）was a multitalented scientist and also a minister in the government.His most important invention was the seismograph，used to detect...
With the development of metallurgy，mechanical devices such as the crossbow，armillary sphere and seismograph were invented.Papermaking and some other technologies also...
The Artificers'Record The Artificers'Record is the first important book recording the official handicraft industry and technical standards in ancient China.It...
The Chinese philosophers in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods established schools and took on pupils，brilliantly discoursed and...
China，as one of the world's four countries of great ancient civilizations，is famous for its scientific discoveries in ancient times，and Chinese...
Qi Baishi（1864-1957）was born into a poor wfamily in Hunan Province.When he was young his parents apprenticed him to a carpenter.He...
Huang Gongwang，Ni Zan，Wu Zhen and Wang Meng were entitled“Four Great Painters”because of their excellent landscape paintings. Huang Gongwang（1269-1354）was born in...
Chinese is an ideographic language，and in ancient times most of the Chinese characters were written with strokes according to the...
Gu Kaizhi（348-409）was born into an official family in today's Jiangsu Province. While young，he served as a court official.He was famous...
Painting in Primitive Times In the Paleolithic Age，there appeared Rock Painting in China.In the Neolithic Age，rock paintings began to show...
Chinese painting varies from ink-and-wash painting to Western oil painting.Here we will focus on the traditional Chinese painting，namely the Ink-and-wash...
Wang Xizhi was born in a callgraphic family in Shandong Province.When young，he served as a court official in the Jin...
Seal Red seal stamps always appear at the end of calligraphic works and paintings to show the identity of the...
Confucianism and Calligraphy Confucian thoughts promoted and influenced the evolution and development of the calligraphic aesthetics. First, the invention of...
Calligraphy in Pre-Qin Period Pottery script discovered in Shandong Province is the rudimentary form of Chinese language.It appears in single...
Brushes，paper，ink sticks and ink slabs together are called the Four Treasures of the Study，which are essential for the development of...
Before we review Chinese calligraphy history，it is necessary to first take a look at the origin of Chinese characters.There is...
More than forty years ago, when I was first admitted to the middle school,I used to feel extremely happy to...
“I simply regard novel writing as a part of my life.The way I take up my writing is the same...