Calligraphy by Hu Zigui. [Photo provided to China Daily]

Ink and Inheritance, a calligraphy exhibition now at the National Art Museum of China, engages the audience with the development of calligraphic styles and the variety of Chinese poems and literature.

It shows works of some 50 calligraphers from a younger generation who attempt to reinterpret the essence of calligraphic and literary traditions in a modern context.

Their classy works rewrite pre-Qin Dynasty (221-206 BC) classics, such as Tao Te Ching, poems and verses of Tang (AD 618-907) and Song (960-1279) dynasties, and literary works of other periods.

The exhibition runs through Sept 18.