A WORK OF ART
The characters are written by lines that look like bars and poles and sometimes like hooks and tails. A beautiful form, each character is a work of art. The Chinese have not ceased to paint and they have been painting for more than 5,000 years.
Chinese painting had its beginning in picture writing.
In ancient days, the Chinese used pictures to make know their thoughts and feelings and their pictures tell a thousand words. Similar to the Egyptians, the Chinese keep a record of things they had seen, heard or done.
A communication that slowly changed the pictorial writings into signs and symbols known as characters is a process that took five thousand years or more.
For this reason, we can still see the characters of traditional chinese although the simplified chinese is now in common use.
Chinese painting had its beginning in picture writing.
In ancient days, the Chinese used pictures to make know their thoughts and feelings and their pictures tell a thousand words. Similar to the Egyptians, the Chinese keep a record of things they had seen, heard or done.
A communication that slowly changed the pictorial writings into signs and symbols known as characters is a process that took five thousand years or more.
For this reason, we can still see the characters of traditional chinese although the simplified chinese is now in common use.
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