【集思晨读 Lewis Day 83 中国文化特辑 】
012 Calligraphy 书法
Good morning, everyone! It's Sat. 28th. Feb. I am Lewis saying hello to you all from Yangzhou.
大家周六早上好，今天是二月二十八号! 我是Lewis，在扬州给大家晨读！
今天的中国文化特辑和大家聊一下 Calligraphy 书法
1. Chinese calligraphy-Shufa-refers to a writing art and technique with writing brushes.
2. 1,600 years ago, a boy named Wang Xizhi worked hard at calligraphy.
3. He washed his writing brushes in a pool and the pool turned black.
4. Eventually he became a prominent calligrapher in China.
5. Writing brushes, Chinese inks, rice paper and ink slabs are the basic tools of calligraphy.
6. Proper technique for handl ing the writing brushes and maintaining the proper angle between the tips of brushes and the paper are required.
7. The structure of each individual character and overall arrangement are both important.
8. Calligraphers have created plenty of masterpieces which have been passed from generation to generation. One of the masterpieces is the "Orchid Pavilion Preface" by Wang Xizhi.
9. Shufa represents the aesthetic taste and philosophy of Chinese scholars.
