Even today, millions of school students across China learn how to write using a traditional ink brush. It returns them to their inherited history — and opens them to a visual art that was regarded as a ‘fine art’ long before the emergence of painting. This story by our Culture Contributor Tasmin Little.

Part 1: Breath, Bow and Brush | Tasmin Little

Part 2: Art of Chinese Calligraphy | Tasmin Little