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VIETNAM-HANOI-CHINESE CALLIGRAPHY-FESTIVAL

(240210) -- HANOI, Feb. 10, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A calligrapher from Vietnam writes for guests at Temple of Literature and Imperial Academy in Hanoi, Vietnam, Feb. 10, 2024. An annual calligraphy festival was held in Hanoi from Feb. 3 to 19, 2024. Dozens of calligraphers from the country were invited to the event to write for the public. (Xinhua/Hu Jiali)

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VIETNAM-HANOI-CHINESE CALLIGRAPHY-FESTIVAL

(240210) -- HANOI, Feb. 10, 2024 (Xinhua) -- People from Vietnam take photos of Chinese calligraphy works at Temple of Literature and Imperial Academy in Hanoi, Vietnam, Feb. 4, 2024. An annual calligraphy festival was held in Hanoi from Feb. 3 to 19, 2024. Dozens of calligraphers from the country were invited to the event to write for the public. (Xinhua/Hu Jiali)

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VIETNAM-HANOI-CHINESE CALLIGRAPHY-FESTIVAL

(240210) -- HANOI, Feb. 10, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Chinese calligraphy works are displayed at Temple of Literature and Imperial Academy in Hanoi, Vietnam, Feb. 4, 2024. An annual calligraphy festival was held in Hanoi from Feb. 3 to 19, 2024. Dozens of calligraphers from the country were invited to the event to write for the public. (Xinhua/Hu Jiali)

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VIETNAM-HANOI-CHINESE CALLIGRAPHY-FESTIVAL

(240210) -- HANOI, Feb. 10, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A calligrapher from Vietnam writes at Temple of Literature and Imperial Academy in Hanoi, Vietnam, Feb. 4, 2024. An annual calligraphy festival was held in Hanoi from Feb. 3 to 19, 2024. Dozens of calligraphers from the country were invited to the event to write for the public. (Xinhua/Hu Jiali)

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XINHUA PHOTOS OF THE DAY

(240202) -- BEIJING, Feb. 2, 2024 (Xinhua) -- An aerial drone photo taken on Feb. 1, 2024 shows calligraphers writing Spring Festival couplets for residents in Honghe Village of Luodian County, Bouyei-Miao Autonomous Prefecture of Qiannan, southwest China's Guizhou Province. (Xinhua/Yang Ying)

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XINHUA PHOTOS OF THE DAY

(240129) -- BEIJING, Jan. 29, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A person holds a piece of red paper written with the Chinese character "Dragon" during a cultural event in Macao, south China, Jan. 28, 2024. More than 30 calligraphers participated in a cultural event in Macao on Sunday to celebrate the upcoming Chinese Spring Festival. (Xinhua/Cheong Kam Ka)

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CHINA-MACAO-SPRING FESTIVAL-CULTURE (CN)

(240128) -- MACAO, Jan. 28, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A person holds a piece of red paper with painting and calligraphy during a cultural event in Macao, south China, Jan. 28, 2024. More than 30 calligraphers participated in a cultural event in Macao on Sunday to celebrate the upcoming Chinese Spring Festival. (Xinhua/Cheong Kam Ka)

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CHINA-MACAO-SPRING FESTIVAL-CULTURE (CN)

(240128) -- MACAO, Jan. 28, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A person holds a piece of red paper written with the Chinese character "Dragon" during a cultural event in Macao, south China, Jan. 28, 2024. More than 30 calligraphers participated in a cultural event in Macao on Sunday to celebrate the upcoming Chinese Spring Festival. (Xinhua/Cheong Kam Ka)

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CHINA-SHANGHAI-CULTURE-SPRING FESTIVAL-EXHIBITION (CN)

(240128) -- SHANGHAI, Jan. 28, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Calligraphers write Spring Festival couplets for visitors during an exhibition of Chinese New Year customs at Shanghai Mass Art Center in Shanghai, east China, Jan. 28, 2024. Hundreds of exhibits including photos and unique products of Shanghai have been displayed at the exhibition to show Chinese New Year customs in Shanghai. (Xinhua/Liu Ying)

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#CHINA-CHINESE LUNAR NEW YEAR-CELEBRATION EVENTS (CN)

(240116) -- BEIJING, Jan. 16, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Volunteer calligraphers write Spring Festival couplets for workers at a workshop in Huzhou City, east China's Zhejiang Province, Jan. 16, 2024. Various events are held across the country in celebration of the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year, which falls on Feb. 10 this year. (Photo by Xie Shangguo/Xinhua)

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Ancient town in central China welcomes Spring Festival with intangible cultural heritage

STORY: Ancient town in central China welcomes Spring Festival with intangible cultural heritage DATELINE: Jan. 21, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:12 LOCATION: ZHENGZHOU, China CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of Daokou Town 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): HE JINXU, Local resident 3. various of intangible cultural heritages and traditional snacks 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): ZHOU SHUMIN, Local resident STORYLINE: With a history of over 1,000 years, Daokou Town strives to preserve traditional culture. As Spring Festival is coming, calligraphers write couplets and give them out for free. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): HE JINXU, Local resident "This year, calligraphers write Spring Festival couplets for people for free. These handwritten couplets are more meaningful than store-bought ones, adding more festive mood." Various intangible cultural heritages are presented to celebrate the Chinese New Year. Local cuisine, including Daokou roast chicken, and traditional snacks are popular among visitors and locals. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chines

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Calligraphers write names of newly elected lawmakers

TOKYO, Japan - Calligraphers write on plates on Dec. 17, 2014, the names of legislators newly elected to the lower house of the Diet in the Dec. 14 general election at a lacquerware wholesaler in Tokyo ahead of an extraordinary parliamentary session to be convened on Dec. 24.

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Writing of new lower house members' names in full swing

TOKYO, Japan - Calligraphers are busy writing on plates on Dec. 17, 2014, the names of legislators newly elected to the lower house of the Diet in the Dec. 14 general election at a lacquerware wholesaler in Tokyo ahead of an extraordinary parliamentary session to be convened on Dec. 24.

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Name bars of new parliamentarians produced

TOKYO, Japan - Calligraphers create name bars for new House of Representatives members for use in the lower house's plenary chamber. Nine calligraphers from Nushisa Seisakusho, a lacquered tableware company in Tokyo's Taito Ward, on Sept. 2, 2009 worked on completing the bars for a total of 158 new lower house members by Sept. 9, company president Eiji Takemata said. The next parliamentary session is to begin Sept. 16.

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Name bars of new parliamentarians produced

TOKYO, Japan - Calligraphers create name bars for new House of Representatives members for use in the lower house's plenary chamber. Nine calligraphers from Nushisa Seisakusho, a lacquered tableware company in Tokyo's Taito Ward, on Sept. 2, 2009 worked on completing the bars for a total of 158 new lower house members by Sept. 9, company president Eiji Takemata said. The next parliamentary session is to begin Sept. 16.

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Princess Sayako visits calligraphy exhibition

TOKYO, Japan - Princess Sayako (C), daughter of Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko, arrives at an exhibition of calligraphy by 100 contemporary women calligraphers at a department store in Tokyo's Shibuya district on Feb. 10. The princess is engaged to Yoshiki Kuroda, a Tokyo metropolitan government employee. (Pool photo)

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Syrian calligrapher strives to keep handwritten art alive after computers take over

STORY: Syrian calligrapher strives to keep handwritten art alive after computers take over DATELINE: Sept. 24, 2022 LENGTH: 0:02:33 LOCATION: Damascus CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1 various of Haitham Kattan doing calligraphy works 2 SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): HAITHAM KATTAN, Syrian calligrapher 3 SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): HAITHAM KATTAN, Syrian calligrapher STORYLINE: Computer technology has made life mostly easier, but not for Syrian calligraphers, as the popularity of digital printing has endangered their profession of handwriting signage for local businesses. Haitham Kattan, a 73-year-old calligrapher from Damascus, is one of the craftsmen whose long-lived artwork has been taken over by digital graphics. He is one of the very few people still practicing calligraphy, which used to be a bread-earning profession. Over the past 55 years, Kattan's signature has been seen tailing most shop banners, before digital printing, which is easy to use and inexpensive, started to prevail, making handmade calligraphy f

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Museum of street signs in Jordan inspires visitors to discover future by retracing past

STORY: Museum of street signs in Jordan inspires visitors to discover future by retracing past DATELINE: May 19, 2022 LENGTH: 0:02:55 LOCATION: Amman CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1 various of the museum 2 SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): GHAZI KHATTAB, Founder of "Old Signs of Amman" museum 3 SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): GHAZI KHATTAB, Founder of "Old Signs of Amman" museum 4 SOUNDBITE 3 (Arabic): SABA AHMAD, visitor STORYLINE: Some 1,000 street signs are being exhibited in the "Old Signs of Amman" museum in Jordan. Themed "A journey through time," founder of the museum Ghazi Khattab hoped such street signs could help unfold the history, heritage, and inhabitants of Jordan. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): GHAZI KHATTAB, Founder of "Old Signs of Amman" museum "People are in more need to enrich their cultural experience through different methods. The museum is like a mirror for the country that reflects what it was in the past." He said the goal of his museum is to save the art and efforts of those calligraphers who contributed to th

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Arabic calligraphy exhibition held in Algiers

STORY: Arabic calligraphy exhibition held in Algiers DATELINE: April 27, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:53 LOCATION: Algiers CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of paintings of Arabic calligraphy 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): MOHAMED BENGUINEF, Calligrapher 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): MOHAMED BENGUINEF, Calligrapher STORYLINE: A total of 53 calligraphers participate in the 2nd Exhibition for Arabic Calligraphy, Decoration and Miniatures, being held at the Culture Palace in Algiers, capital of Algeria, on April 7-30. More than a hundred works of art are exhibited all along the corridors of the palace, showing the talent and the creativity of calligraphers in this ancient art both in its traditional and contemporary aspects. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): MOHAMED BENGUINEF, Calligrapher "53 calligraphers participate in this exhibition. Some of them reached international level; others are making their first steps in this ancient art. This year's edition is marked by the participation of young calligraphers who have been given a spec

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CHINA-SPRING FESTIVAL-TRAVEL RUSH (CN)

(220117) -- NANJING, Jan. 17, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Calligraphers give New Year gifts of Chinese character "Fu", meaning good luck in English, to passengers at Nanjing South Railway Station in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu Province, Jan. 17, 2022. China's 2022 Spring Festival travel season is expected to see 1.18 billion passenger trips, up 35.6 percent year on year, but 20.3 percent lower than that of 2020, the Ministry of Transport has said. The 40-day travel season, also known as chunyun, kicked off Monday and many people will travel to reunite with their families for the Lunar New Year, or the Spring Festival, which falls on Feb. 1 this year. (Xinhua/Li Bo)

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CAMBODIA-PHNOM PENH-BEIJING WINTER OLYMPICS-SPRING FESTIVAL-EVENT

(220110) -- PHNOM PENH, Jan. 10, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Participants write calligraphy to cheer for the Beijing Winters Olympics at an event in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on Jan. 10, 2022. The Chinese community in Cambodia on Monday held an event to cheer for the upcoming 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics and Spring Festival. The event was co-organized by the Federation of Khmer-Chinese in Cambodia and the Cambodian Chinese Calligraphers Association and attended by nearly 100 people. During the half-day event held in the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh, participants wrote Chinese calligraphy to voice their support for the Beijing Winter Olympics and offer best wishes for the Spring Festival. (Photo by Bunseng/Xinhua)

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Princess Sayako visits calligraphy exhibition

TOKYO, Japan - Princess Sayako (C), daughter of Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko, arrives at an exhibition of calligraphy by 100 contemporary women calligraphers at a department store in Tokyo's Shibuya district on Feb. 10. The princess is engaged to Yoshiki Kuroda, a Tokyo metropolitan government employee. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

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Spring Festival Couplets

Volunteers of the Calligraphers Association write Spring Festival couplets to give to nearby villagers to celebrate the Spring Festival in Yichang, central China's Hubei province, Feb 4, 2021.

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Spring Festival Couplets

Volunteers of the Calligraphers Association write Spring Festival couplets to give to nearby villagers to celebrate the Spring Festival in Yichang, central China's Hubei province, Feb 4, 2021.

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Spring Festival Couplets

Volunteers of the Calligraphers Association write Spring Festival couplets to give to nearby villagers to celebrate the Spring Festival in Yichang, central China's Hubei province, Feb 4, 2021.

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Calligraphers write 2011 disaster victims' names on bamboo lanterns

Calligraphers write the names of people killed in the 2011 earthquake and tsunami on bamboo lanterns in Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan, on March 5, 2015. The lanterns will be donated for a memorial service to be held for the victims in Natori, Miyagi Prefecture, on March 11, the fourth anniversary of the disaster that devastated northeastern Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Name bars of new parliamentarians produced

TOKYO, Japan - Calligraphers create name bars for new House of Representatives members for use in the lower house's plenary chamber. Nine calligraphers from Nushisa Seisakusho, a lacquered tableware company in Tokyo's Taito Ward, on Sept. 2, 2009 worked on completing the bars for a total of 158 new lower house members by Sept. 9, company president Eiji Takemata said. The next parliamentary session is to begin Sept. 16. (Kyodo)

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Name bars of new parliamentarians produced

TOKYO, Japan - Calligraphers create name bars for new House of Representatives members for use in the lower house's plenary chamber. Nine calligraphers from Nushisa Seisakusho, a lacquered tableware company in Tokyo's Taito Ward, on Sept. 2, 2009 worked on completing the bars for a total of 158 new lower house members by Sept. 9, company president Eiji Takemata said. The next parliamentary session is to begin Sept. 16. (Kyodo)

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Autumn tints of Takinogawa, Oji

The red leaves of the Takino River was famous since the Edo era, and many novelists and calligraphers visited the site. The name Takino River originates from the alias of the Shakujii River, and that is the river running in the center.==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:Kusakabe Kinbei, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number40‐7‐0]

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Teahouses at Ueno Park

A teahouse in Ueno Park during the cherry blossom season. This tea house is located by Shinobazu Pond. Many calligraphers and novelists assembled at this house. In the right corner can be seen a bicycle in the newest style of the time and a man dressed in Western clothes.==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number31‐68‐0]

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Teahouse at takinogawa

Kongoji is famous for the red leaves over Takino River. It is also called Momijidera (red leaves temple) and many novelists, calligraphers and tourists visited the place. For tourism to prosper at a site like this, translation of impressions from Chinese brush painting, the Japanese garden, and beauty of nature was necessary.==Date:unknown, Place:Tokyo, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number31‐39‐0]

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Ashinoyu hot spring

A view of the Ashinoyu hot springs before the great winter fire of 1872. The right rear is Matsuzakaya, further inwards is Yoshidaya, left from the front is Yamatoya, Daikokuya and Kinokuniya. The central building is the Tokoan (Kumano Gongen) frequently visited by novelists and calligraphers such as Shinen and Sekiryo during the Edo era.==Date:Before 4th year of Meiji, Place:Hakone, Photo:Kusakabe Kinbei, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number3‐39‐0]