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illustrations and calligraphy by He Zhihong
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Chinese calligraphy!
often confuse the two. Kids in China learn to write with a pencil
or a pen, but they dont all practice calligraphyyou use a brush
for that. Calligraphy is the art of creating the characters
beautifully, not just writing them down. In China its been an
art for thousands of years, and its still very important today.
Just like famous paintings, wonderful Chinese calligraphy can be
displayed in museums and can be very valuable.
which are very different from our English writing rules. Then we'll
learn about the important ideas in calligraphy, and finally well
practice. As youll see, its not so hard. While you learn calligraphy,
you'll discover some other special talents too: how to master your
minds focus, your breathing, and even how you move!
its beginnings
of Chinese Writing
being whose name was Cang Jie. He had two pairs of
eyes. One day, while observing animal tracks on the ground,
he copied them and got the idea of writing. Thats how he
invented Chinese characters.
characters are not letters, but drawings. Chinese writing is
one of the most ancient systems of writing in the world.
It appeared about six thousand years ago, on pottery,
when messages were painted and carved onto the clay.
complicated over time. At first writing was carved on turtle
shells and animal bones, then later it was carved on bronze
were many versions of the same word. But around the
year 200 B.C.E., the ruler nicknamed the first emperor,
Qin Shihuang, united the whole country and made rules to
follow about the way to write each character. Also, after
paper was invented, using a brush to write became common.
in different styles that youll learn about later in this
book. In 1956, China simplified many of the
characters by reducing the number
of strokes they had.
around 10,000 characters.
In order to read the newspaper,
you have to know 3,000.
they were written thousands of years ago to the way we
write them today:
represent the shape of a mountain
character means mountain!
since you know that theres no alphabet
in Chinese: what looks like a D?
with dots beside it like drops
or banks of a river is
What do you think it is?
and write it in the correct box. (Answers start on .)
of the Strokes
one single stroke, or as many as thirty! But beware: you
have to write each one of them in a special order.
bottom. When a character is made up of several parts, some
placed on top of others, you begin with the top ones, and
finish with the bottom ones.
then the bottom stroke.
right. When a character is made up of several parts,
some placed next to others, you begin on the left and
finish on the right.
first write the left stroke, then the right stroke.
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