Calligraphy
December 7th, 2006 by stolisano
From Chinese Calligraphy Self-Study and Appreciation:
Calligraphy is understood in China as the art of writing a good hand with the brush. Chinese calligraphy (Brush calligraphy) is an art unique to Asian cultures. In the history of Chinese art, calligraphy has always been held in equal importance to painting. Shu (calligraphy) and Hua (painting) are the basic skills and disciplines of the Chinese literati.
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Mrs.Tolisano, Osborn knew that the small white stamps were family symbols. He also says that his mother cooks just like the families in China. Fresh vegetables, meat, and rice. We have decided that he will outlive all of us because he eats so well.
We can’t wait to see your banner when you come back. He did a nice job writing and saying our school name.
Mrs. Menger’s class would like to know what the man wrote on the banner besides the name of the school? They were very impressed with how well he used the paint brush to write such small characters.
First grade really enjoyed the calligraphy video. We have been working so hard on our writing, and it was nice to see that people in other countries (China) have to take their time to write as well. We were amazed that all of the calligrapher’s writing said “San Jose Episcopal Day School!” Are you going to bring it back and display it at our school? If so, where will we keep it?
We had the banner made for our school and we will bring it back with us. The two big characters means “Harmony in the Home”.
The smaller characters to the right are Chinese characters to the sound of the words “San Jose Episcopal Day School”.
The characters next to the stamps say the date and the family name of the Calligrapher who wrote the scroll.