Feature: Ancient characters, guqin music bring Chinese culture to life in New York-Xinhua
by Vivien Liu NEW YORK, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- An ancient pictograph evolving into a Chinese character; a child's mouth forming the sounds of a word; a brush sweeping across paper; and the centuries-old notes of a guqin filling the air... For students and visitors in New York, these became different entry points into Chinese culture -- ways to encounter it not just through books, but through sight, sound and direct experience. A series of cultural activities, recently held at the State University of New York at Old Westbury and the Long Island School of Chinese, featured exhibitions of Chinese poetry, calligraphy, painting and seal carving, guqin performances and a lecture on the origins and evolution of Chinese characters. At the center of the programs were Chinese artist and guqin pe...