Chinanews, Guangzhou, November 16 – “Chinese calligraphy is like the face of the Chinese people, thus young people should learn it,” said Huang Xiping, a famous Chinese calligrapher, at an exhibition of his works in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province on November 13, 2007.

 

Huang also expressed his wish to teach college students Chinese calligraphy for free, as long as this good tradition can be preserved.

 

Huang is one of the most important researchers of the Chinese characters invented by Wu Zetian, China's only female emperor who lived during the Tang Dynasty (618 - 907). Huang had made an inkstone inscribed with a poem all written in the characters invented by Wu Zetian, to commemorate her contributions.