Chinese calligraphy, or the art of writing 書法, was the visual art form prized above all others in traditional China.  It was revered as a fine art long before painting. The essential tools are brushes, ink, paper, and ink stone.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Cheng Hwa Siao, 蕭正華先生 our CHC member, learned Chinese calligraphy as a child. Mr. Siao studied all five calligraphy styles: seal 篆書, clerical 隸書, walking 行書, cursive 草書 and standard 楷書. His favorite is cursive.

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Mr. Siao continues to practice Chinese calligraphy daily, for two to three hours.  He has won numerous awards.  In 2003, Mr. Siao won the Two Wang Calligraphy Competition (Wang Xizhi王羲之 , Wang Xianzhi王獻之) in Shanghai, where he was one of 267 award recipients out of over 11,000 participants.  His works are exhibited in many museums in China.

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