Visited Mr. Tang’s Exhibition in Canterbury Museum

Mr. Tang, a Chinese Calligrapher who migrated from Taiwan to Christchurch. He is the first Chinese ethnic to exhibit his very own calligraphy exhibition in Canterbury Museum.

94 years old, Mr. Tang a senior member of BLIA. On the 19th October, Venerable Jue Xi, President of BLIA See Shen Lee, Vice-President of BLIA Louisa Kuo, Dharma lecture Rona Ku and 20 other members of BLIA went to the exhibition to explore the Art of Chinese Calligraphy written by Mr. Tang.

Mr. Tang and wife explained each and every piece of the artwork in great detail. He have explained the story of each written Calligraphy either Seal script, Oracle, Traditional script, Running script, Official script or Cursive script; also he mentioned the meaning of Tang, Song’s Dynasty and modern poem and their famous calligraphers as well. In this exhibition Mr. Tang were shown the artwork collection of his decade’s collection which shows in various form included vertical scroll, frame, Poetic Couplet, vertical scroll, Paper Screen window, handwritten album, Chinese fan that shows calligraphy can be present in fun and elegant way. The Paper Screen window is a unique artwork that attracts attention as it contains of 4 types of calligraphy scripts and with a combination of Tai chi spirit. Mr. Tang’s calligraphy also presents the balance between human and environment and explained the calligraphy style in various Chinese dynasties.

Venerable Jue Xi was proud of his Chinese calligraphy exhibition that can be shown in Canterbury Museum as a culture exchange between eastern and western culture, it serve as a transition of Chinese Culture. She mentioned that the exhibition has undoubtedly shown the beauty of Chinese Culture to the Westerners. BLIA members praised about the beauty of Chinese Culture and admired Mr. Tang dedication towards the Culture. BLIA wish to invite Mr. Tang sometime in the near future to give a keynote presentation about the art of Chinese Calligraphy, so that the oversea Chinese ethnic could bond with their traditional culture.