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Calligraphy Web Sites in English
Calligraphy Web Sites in Chinese
(中文書法網站相關鏈接)
Traditional Chinese Fonts 繁體中文
Simplified Chinese Fonts
简体中文
Chinese Painting & Seal Making
(國畫篆刻)
Calligraphy, Painting & Seal Making Supplies
The
Four Treasures of The Study & Origins of Chinese Scripts
http://www.chinavista.com/experience/study/study.html
http://www.chinavista.com/experience/hanzi/hanzi.html
http://www.chinavista.com/experience/hanzi/hanzi.html
Brush, paper, ink stick
and ink stone for practicing Chinese calligraphy. Introduction to origins of
Chinese characters.
.
Fine
Reproductions of Chinese Calligraphy and Painting
Masterpieces
http://www.chineseartnet.com/Nigensha/home.htm
A joint venture by
the National Palace Museum in Taipei and Japanese publisher.
DMOZ
Open Directory on Google
http://dmoz.org/Arts/Visual_Arts/Calligraphy/Chinese/
Various websites and
resources for calligraphy. Readers need to discern quality and correctness
of information contained within.
Chinese
Calligraphy Website from University of Washington
http://depts.washington.edu/chinaciv/callig/callmain.htm
Great resources of
calligraphy in China. Also shows an incorrect and "strained"
posture in practicing calligraphy.
Art
of Calligraphy in China
http://www.fathom.com/course/21701734/session2.html
The British Museum's
page about Chinese calligraphy associated with politics in China.
The
Roots of Chinese Writing
http://www.fa-kuan.muc.de/ARCHAIC.RXML
Ancient symbolic
writing of Chinese characters.
Field
Museum of Natural History in Chicago
http://search.fmnh.org/query.html?st=11&charset=iso-8859-1&col=fm+store&qt=Chinese+calligraphy
Large resources of
arts and Chinese calligraphy.
China
Page and Main Menu
http://hua.umf.maine.edu/~mshea/China/callig.html
Bibliography indexes
and resources for Chinese calligraphy.
Innovations
of Chinese Painting & Calligraphy
http://kaladarshan.arts.ohio-state.edu/exhib/gug/indxs/in/incal.html
A web page of
Guggenheim Museum about Chinese painting and calligraphy.
Chinese
Stone Rubbings Collection
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/EAL/stone/index.html
Excellent academic
website of the East Asian Library at University of California in Berkeley.
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/EAL/stone/resources.html
Links to various resources of Chinese Stone Rubbings Collection.
University
of Melbourne Libraries
http://www.lib.unimelb.edu.au/collections/asian/ChiSubjectGuides-Calligraphy.html
http://www.lib.unimelb.edu.au/collections/asian/chi-web/chihp-calligraphy.html
(Links)
Bibliography
resources for calligraphy at University of Melbourne.
Calligraphy
in the Sung Dynasty
http://members.at.infoseek.co.jp/yamashina/pine/opapere.htm
Metropolitan
Museum of Art
http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/Chinese/html%20pages/poem1.htm
Glossary,
introduction, and cultures about Chinese painting and calligraphy.
Introduction
to Chinese Brush Painting and Calligraphy
http://www.nanrae.com/lesson-pg1.html
General introduction
to Chinese painting and calligraphy.
Shu
Fa West
http://www.shufawest.us/
Interactive
calligraphy dictionaries and models for download
designed by Keith Welch.
繁
體 中 文
BIG5
北京大學圖書館金石拓片特藏
http://162.105.138.23/tapian/tp.htm
Large collections of
Chinese calligraphy stone rubbings in the University of Peking.
中國文字藝術
http://art.2222.idv.tw/home/01.htm
The stone rubbings
shown are modified versions. Readers need to discern the original spirit by
comparing other versions of rubbings.
中華書道學會
http://www.cc.org.tw/ass.htm
http://www.cc.org.tw/ass-00/001.htm
(王北岳)
中華藝術家
http://www.chinese-artists.net/index.htm
http://www.chinese-artists.net/guide/calligraphy/default.htm
書法藝術的基本概念
Excellent database for
research of Chinese arts & artists.
故宮珍藏書畫複製
http://www.chineseartnet.com/Nigensha/homec.htm
State-of-the-art
reproductions of Chinese calligraphy and painting masterpieces displayed in
the National Palace Museum in Taipei, Taiwan.
何創時書法藝術基金會
http://www.chinesecalligraphy.org.tw/
Excellent private
collections in Taiwan.
名家墨跡數位文物館
http://cls.admin.yzu.edu.tw/digital/shi/index.htm
(Published albums)
http://cls.admin.yzu.edu.tw/digital/shi/SHI.HTM
Excellent collections
of Chinese calligraphy couplets.
書畫裱褙
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%E6%9B%B8%E7%95%AB%E8%A3%B1%E8%A4%99
Search results about
framing and mounting of Chinese calligraphy and painting works on Google.
歷代書法碑帖集成
http://www.greatman.com.tw/database.htm
Online database of
Chinese calligraphy on stone rubbings. Subscription fee required.
墨客軒
http://guojeng.myweb.hinet.net/index.html
高雄市打鼓書會
http://home.kimo.com.tw/dagusuhue/
五體書藝字典
http://i-gccs.fst.umac.mo/gccs/big5_main.php
Readers and
users may need
to discern the quality and correctness of the writings on the Internet.
簡体&繁体中文書法网站
http://jdsfj.diy.myrice.com/sfwzml.htm
Many sites
listed; some are not available.
北京故宮博物院 法書撰
http://www.linkclub.or.jp/~qingxia/cpoem/beijinggugongshufa.html
Calligraphy
works in the National Palace Museum of Peking.
明宗書法藝術館
http://www.mzp.ks.edu.tw/index1.html
Calligraphy contests
and promotion in a grade school in southern Taiwan.
播放陳用博士講解與書法有關課題
http://resources.emb.gov.hk/chical/
Fancy videos of
general guides for Chinese calligraphy - viewers may need to discern correctness
of information.
閑雅書法論壇
http://www.shianya.com/
A discussion forum
for calligraphy, painting, and seal making in Taiwan.
淡江大學書法研究室
http://www2.tku.edu.tw/~finearts/calligraphy.htm
位於淡江大學商管大樓３０３室置有各類書法書籍和研究資料，每週一至週五上午對外開放，聯絡電話
（０２）２６２６－０８０５。
臺灣全省美展
http://www.tpg.gov.tw/dcea/pfae55/html/03.htm
Calligraphy and artworks in Taiwan's national competition.
書法手帖
http://www.twcity.net/
Links to Chinese
calligraphy activities in Taiwan.
中華書道學會
http://www.twschule.at/new_page_169.htm
Calligraphy
exhibition in Taiwan.
中國書法
http://vr.theatre.ntu.edu.tw/fineart/database/chap11/chap11-01.htm
Introduction to
Chinese calligraphy from courses offered in National Taiwan University.
書道禪心
http://www.wwwart.com.tw/chinlin/
筆廬
http://www.yasue.cc/pen_lo.html
Knowledge about
calligraphy brushes - origin, kinds, production, choices, uses, and
maintenance.
雅齋兒童書法研究會
http://yazhai.org/
Chinese calligraphy
education for children, with inspiring stories about calligraphers and
history.
简 体 中 文 GB Simplified Chinese Fonts
中国书法文化网
http://www.800101.com/
致力于打造一个国际性、学术性、实用性、娱乐性的书法家与书法爱好者互动的平台
书法纵横
http://www.8mhh.com/
书法空间
http://www.9610.com
中国书法论坛
http://www.artlt.com/
Excellent forum for
discussing calligraphy in China.
倍可亲
情回中国 金石书画
http://club.backchina.com/main/forum18.html
A forum for
submitting articles & works of calligraphy and painting.
西安碑林博物馆
http://www.beilin-museum.com/index1.htm
Excellent collections
for Chinese calligraphy stone rubbings.
中国书画碑帖网
http://www.bitie.com/
Excellent collections
for Chinese calligraphy stone rubbings and painting.
中国碑帖拓片网
http://www.bttp.net/
Excellent collections
for Chinese calligraphy stone rubbings.
中国书法教育网
http://www.calligraphy-edu-china.org/
http://www.sfjy.org/
中国书法艺术网论坛
http://www.china-shufa.com/yixuanbbs/index.asp
雅虎网站分类
- 视觉艺术
http://cn.dir.yahoo.com/Arts_and_Humanities/visual_arts/
碑帖大观
http://www.cshyy.com/btmx.htm
A list of Chinese calligraphy stone
rubbings and masterpieces.
中国书法网
http://www.freehead.com/
Excellent Chinese calligraphy
discussion forum.
中华美术网
免费碑帖下载
http://www.ieshu.com/download_type.asp?type=2
Free download of copy
books (models).
中国書法史
http://www.linkclub.or.jp/~qingxia/cpaint/cshufashi.html
Timeline of
calligraphy masters & works.
中国书法江湖
http://www.sf108.com/bbs/index.php
The largest
Chinese calligraphy and painting website with voluminous high quality
pictures.
Registration and login menus in
English are now available.
少 林 寺 碑 刻
http://www.shaolin.org.cn/html/html/si/menu06.htm
Monuments in
calligraphy at the Shaolin Temple.
中国硬笔书法在线
http://www.yingbishufa.com/ldbt/index.htm
Chinese calligraphy
works in different dynasties.
http://www.yingbishufa.com/zhuanti/Alexa/
全球中国书法类网站排行榜
Worldwide ranking and list of Chinese calligraphy websites.
怡馨斋
http://www.yixinzhai.com/zpage3.htm
Calligraphy and
painting works by famous masters.
Chinese
Painting
http://www.albany.edu/faculty/hartman/eac280/cp.html
Collection of Chinese painting
masterpieces.
Introduction
to Chinese Painting - Styles, Themes, Symbols & History
http://www.artzbox.com/articles_chinese/chinesepaintinginfo.htm
Australia
Chinese Culture & Art Association
http://www.chinese-culture-art.org/
Collection of Chinese brush painting
works for exhibition.
Chinese
Painter Net
http://www.chinesepainternet.com/web102.htm
嶺南畫派
Lingnan School of Painting
http://www.lingnanart.com/home.htm
Art revolution in China's
painting in the early 20th century.
Allen
Memorial Art Museum
http://www.oberlin.edu/allenart/collection/pu_jin.html
Collection of Chinese brush painting
works for exhibition.
书画国际
http://www.shgj.cn/
An international
organization of Chinese
artists (including painters).
中国文艺
- 國畫
http://www.wenyi.com/art/guohua/
Traditional
Chinese painting - origin, history, and basics.
Seal
Carving
潘方爾篆刻藝術網
http://882zk.home.sunbo.net/
Chinese seal
engraving expert in China.
浣硯齋
http://www.akita.idv.tw/
A great site for
Chinese seal making - knowledge, appreciation, carving techniques, and etc.
放開心眼看天下
http://blog.sina.com.tw/tsaiabe/index.php?pbgid=9307
Humanity,
culture, arts, and Chinese seals.
China
Art Gallery - Seal Carving
http://www.chinaartgallery.net/seal-carving.html
Chinese seals, painting, calligraphy and artworks written in different
languages.
Chinese
Seals
http://www.chinavista.com/experience/seal/seals.html
中國藝苑網
http://www.china-gallery.com/gb/kucun/zhuank/index.htm
Chinese seals,
painting, calligraphy and artworks.
Yahoo
篆刻分類網站
http://cn.dir.yahoo.com/Arts_and_Humanities/Visual_Arts/Calligraphy_and_Seal_Carving/
Various web sites
of Chinese seal making history and appreciation.
馬國權篆刻
http://www.kk-ma.com/ma/home_books.htm
A seal carver in
Hong Kong who published books and articles both in Chinese and English.
篆刻網中國篆刻家網站
http://www.co888.com/
http://www.co888.com/taiwan/index-wby.htm
(
王北岳 篆刻探微
)
篆刻網
http://www.mebag.com/
Sources and forum for
Chinese seal making.
玄心印會
http://message.cssh.tpc.edu.tw/cssh/night/allin/in.htm
Seal making
association in Taiwan.
Seals
by Stone Bug
http://mysite.verizon.net/lgr68891/home.html
Adorable seals by Gong Lin. Seal stones and carved seals for sale.
童大年篆刻
http://www.tongram.com/big5/danian/default.asp
A master of Chinese seal making.
西冷印社
http://www.xlys.com.cn/
One of China's
best seal carving association.
阿里巴巴
http://107867.hotproduct-cn.alibaba.com/
Large network
of suppliers of seal stones and carving tools in China.
端硯博覽
Acorn
Planet
http://www.acornplanet.com/index.html
Xuan
paper for oriental brush painters and calligraphers.
達華書局
http://www.asiade.com/whyp/whyp.asp
Excellent
bookstore for purchasing Chinese calligraphy copy books and brushes in
Dallas, Texas. Most copy books are not listed on the website.
新文藝筆墨莊
http://www.brushpen.com.tw/shop/main11.asp?lang=big5&wnum=11
Brush
manufacturer in Taiwan. Knowledge of brushes is presented on the website.
蕙風堂筆墨有限公司
http://www.cwin.com/topline/cindex.htm
Brush
manufacturer in Taiwan. Also publishes Chinese calligraphy books.
小沈湖筆
http://www.freehead.com/viewthread.php?tid=125668&extra=page%3D1
Custom made and
quality brushes in China.
Good
Characters
http://www.goodcharacters.com/art/index.html
Calligraphy and painting supplies.
壽山堂
http://www.jusandou.com/youmou2.html
Brush
manufacturer in Japan.
紫
禁 城 Forbidden
City One
of the world's largest wholesale from Beijing, China and Dallas, Texas, USA
New
website:
www.chinatradesky.com/ 
http://www.oriental-crafts.com/
Superstore of brushes,
Shuan paper, ink stones, various calligraphy & painting supplies, and seal
stones in Dallas, Texas. Please visit the store or call Mr. Robert Bo 薄先生
at (972) 231-9983 or 758-7238.
Large inventory and guaranteed wholesale prices - only a small percentage of
inventory listed online and e-Bay.
各式湖州毛筆、紅星牌宣紙、端州名硯
... 和理批發價，種類繁多。價位合理，包您滿意。
中国书画宣纸之乡
http://shop33212552.taobao.com/
Supplier of
varieties of Xuan paper in China.
新華書局
- 美國費城
http://www.xinhuabooks.com/
(website under construction)
Xin Hua Bookstore.
926 Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (215) 627-4507
Excellent place to purchase quality copy books in the U.S.
如何做一個真正如法的好人
http://www.amtb-aus.org/media/index-TP.htm?TopicID=XFCai2_2004-11
Series of speeches offered by Hong Kong
Buddhist Education Association.
学术论著目录
http://www.bamboosilk.org/pangpu/Lunzhu.htm
Research journals of
Chinese philosophy including Confucianism, Taoism and some calligraphy
articles.
中國古典名曲欣賞
http://www.soundofhope.org/category-293-1.htm
台灣光華雜誌網站
http://www.taiwan-panorama.com/ch/
http://www.taiwan-panorama.com/en/
(English version)
Taiwan
Panorama Magazine.
About
the Tao
http://www.thetao.info/index.htm
This site includes images and quotes of
Taoist philosophy. Voted #1 site in Qi Magazine.
Babel
Fish Translation
http://babelfish.altavista.com/
Online multi-language
translation.
English
/ Chinese Dictionaries
http://www.chinesecultureonline.com/listproduct.do?menu=BA&col=1&categoryId=18
Los
Angeles Chinese Learning Center
http://chinese-school.netfirms.com/Chinese-characters.html
Customized language
class referrals. Guide on how to read
and type Chinese characters on computer.
Global
Chinese Language And Culture Center
http://edu.ocac.gov.tw/index.htm
Excellent Chinese
languages learning resources with animation and real person's
pronunciation.
An example of a webpage with pronunciation:
http://edu.ocac.gov.tw/biweekly/animation1/index.htm.
"Rules For Children":
http://edu.ocac.gov.tw/biweekly/classics/index.htm. (Click
on the yellow "Play Sound" button in each chapter and the
highlighted sentences will be read. English translation available.)
EZlearn
Chinese Schools
http://www.ezlearnchinese.com/
Plano
Language Institute (in North Dallas, Texas)
http://www.geocities.com/changdaihsieh/
Lessons on
Mandarin taught by Ms. Maria Chang-Dai Hsieh, a very renowned teacher from
Taipei, Taiwan.
Sinophilia
Homepage
http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Palace/1757/scrittura/scrittura.htm
Lessons on radicals
for writing Chinese characters.
Free
Download of Chinese Input Software
http://www.njstar.com/
Quality
Language
http://www.qualitylanguage.com/
Chinese-language
translation, resources, and tools. Translate your English names into
Chinese.
Zhongwen.com
Chinese Characters & Culture
http://www.zhongwen.com
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Ancient Chinese
characters may have told the stories of the Bible. Is it coincidence or design?
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Longevity
Complimentary
and Alternative Healing University 中藥詞典
http://alternativehealing.org/dao_jia_and_qigong.htm
http://alternativehealing.org/list_of_Chinese_medical_classics.htm
Articles about Chinese
herbs, Qigong, and Taoist longevity practices.
DNFT -
Directional Non-Force Technique
http://www.nonforce.com/VanRumpt/index.html
A low-force chiropractic treatment. Very
rare but precious. Less than 100 practioners worldwide.
Qi Magazine
http://qi-journal.com/index.asp
The journal of traditional Eastern health
& fitness.
Chinese Calligraphy, Painting, and Seal Carving Books 中國書畫篆刻相關書籍
書法書目
http://www.dofish.com/calligraphy/books/default.htm
A list of Chinese
calligraphy books.
China
Page and Main Menu
http://hua.umf.maine.edu/~mshea/China/callig.html
Bibliography indexes
and resources for Chinese calligraphy written in English.
上海書畫出版社
http://shshcbs.bookonline.com.cn/index.aspx
Publisher of
Chinese calligraphy, painting, and seal carving books in Shanghai, China.
全球華人藝術圖書館
http://www.artlib.net.tw/
Online exhibition
and auction of works by Chinese artists worldwide.
http://www.artlib.net.tw/bid/author_page.php?act=view&ename=art-virtue
Smithsonian Institution
美國史密森機構博物館
http://www.asia.si.edu/collections/pinky.cfm?group=Chinese%20Art
Exhibition of
various Chinese artworks.
河南博物院
http://www.chnmus.net/
Henan Museum in
China.
The Trammell & Margaret Crow Collection
of Asian Arts 達拉斯克羅亞洲博物館
http://www.crowcollection.org
Museum and
educational program for the arts and cultures of
http://www.artsdistrict.org/
故宮博物院
http://www.dpm.org.cn/china/default.asp
National Palace
Museum in China.
翰雅閣
http://www.hygart.com/
Chinese art market
and distributor. Articles about how to avoid fake artworks and some basic
knowledge.
Indianapolis Museum of Art - Asian Art Collections
http://www.ima-art.org/casian2.asp?SID=FE62126A09144C9192CA0B48F10CF7E4
中国博艺网
http://jy.boyie.com/
Metropolitan Museum of Art - Timeline of Art History
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/splash.htm
名人堂字畫廊
http://www.mrt118.com/
Calligraphy and
painting gallery in China.
南京博物院
http://www.njmuseum.com/english/zh/index.htm
Nanjing Museum in
China.
中國國家博物館
http://www.nmch.gov.cn/default1024.htm
The National
Museum of China.
國立歷史博物館
http://www.nmh.gov.tw/nmh_web/index.cfm
National Museum of
History in Taipei, Taiwan.
國立故宮博物院
http://www.npm.gov.tw/
National Palace
Museum in Taipei, Taiwan.
上海博物館
http://www.shanghaimuseum.net/cn/index.asp
Shanghai Museum
in China.
The British Museum - Department of Asia
http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/asia/ashome.html
A to Z Writing
http://www.atozwriting.com
An excellent resource for writing!
Allan Evans' Music Resource Center
http://www.arbiterrecords.com/musicresourcecenter/musicresourcecenter.html
Excellent site dedicated to the historical
recordings during the Golden Era of Piano.
Bellino Perfume
http://www.bellinoperfume.com/
Finest
perfume by the Bellino family from Italy.
Blue Candlelight Music Series
