Calligraphy in Quoc Ngu offers more artistic freedom “in terms of color, shape, idea” than that using characters, he believes. “Culture is not the property of one country, it’s an exchange between ...

Why does calligraphy attract you? My connection to calligraphy began in childhood. The first painting I created, back in Pakistan when I was just in Grade 9, was of the name “Allah”, done on a ...

The Siberian elm is a non-native, deciduous tree usually planted as an ornamental in North America that can grow up to 70 feet in height. It has singly serrated, simple, and dark-green leaves that are ...

A Communist Party resolution in May 1975 envisaged Siberian water would first arrive in Central Asia in 1985, and that the whole project would be completed by 2000. It wasn't to be.

Three centuries after Wang's time, his calligraphy was showcased as a royal endorsement of the spread and adaptation of Buddhism in China. At a time when it was an extraordinary privilege to see ...

Every winter, the Siberian crane, a large, white bird, migrates thousands of miles from its home in Siberia to Poyang Lake in China. Poyang is the largest freshwater lake in China. Wetlands surround ...