Ballet of Ink and Brush to Delight

2017-09-18 source：chinadaily

With her versatility and devotion, Liang has gained achievements in calligraphy, poetry and academics over the past 30 years. She is also the first Chinese-Australian artist to exhibit at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia.

Her artworks have toured in the United States, the Chinese mainland and Hong Kong. Many celebrities, including former First Lady of Australia Annita Keating and Liang Yusheng, a top Chinese novelist of the Wuxia (martial arts and chivalry) genre, study calligraphy with her.

This exhibit features more than 300 pieces, among which are three renditions of the Thousand Character Text, an ancient Chinese poem containing 1,000 different characters, and her poetry dedicated to the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games written on a 32-panel folding screen.

One of the defining features of Liang's work is her long-held passion for palindrome poems. This unique writing style means a poem can be read forward and backward, with both readings making perfect sense.

Visitors can also see 30 types of traditional calligraphy and the "Ballet of Ink and Brush" pencraft created by Liang herself.

"I have gained so much pleasure from calligraphy," Liang said. "It's my calling to introduce traditional Chinese art forms to the world."

If you go:

9 am – 5 pm, through Oct 24 (closed on Mondays). Overseas Chinese History Museum, Caoyuan Hutong, Dongcheng district. Tel: 010-6409-3039.