New movie celebrates a Chinese cultural icon

The works of Qi Gong (1912-2005) have long been the target of forgery, but during his lifetime, the Chinese calligraphy master seemed to not mind the fakes much.

"They write better than me," he once joked about one such forger, and even forgave the act, thinking the person did it for a living.

This anecdote is part of The Calligraphy Master, a movie on Qi's middle age and later years, which will hit mainland cinemas on Thursday.