Produced in Zhaoqing city, Guangdong province in South China, the Duan inkstone is one of the four most famous inkstones in China along with the She inkstone in Anhui province, the Tao inkstone in ...

A Duan inkstone depicting Yang Guifei (719-756), an imperial consort from Chinese history, emerging from a bath, showcases exquisite craftsmanship and intricate detailing. The success of the video ...

An inkstone is literally a stone mortar for grinding and containing ink. Writing brushes, inksticks, paper and inkstones, which were used as writing and painting tools in ancient China, are called the ...

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On Tuesday, an exhibition on inkstone culture and examples unearthed in Guangdong was launched in the province's capital, Guangzhou. The Southern Han Mausoleums Museum is showing 276 pieces and sets ...

Italian sculptor Michelangelo (1475-1564) once said, "Every block of stone has a statue inside it, and it is the task of the sculptor to discover it." Lee Keun-bae, a poet and the president of ...

Zhou Yongping processes a Sizhou inkstone carving in Cengong County, SW China's Guizhou Province, on Sept 23, 2018. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin) 30 years' devotion has made Zhou an expert of historic inkstone ...

"I just want to be buried with my inkstones after I pass away," Cheng Lijun says, sitting in her tiny inkstone shop in southeast Beijing. The 49-year-old native of Shexian County in East China's Anhui ...