{"id":386,"date":"2013-09-12T00:15:12","date_gmt":"2013-09-12T00:15:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/setcourseforchina.wordpress.com\/?p=386"},"modified":"2013-09-12T00:15:12","modified_gmt":"2013-09-12T00:15:12","slug":"calligraphy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/evacohnchina.summitbiztech.com\/?p=386","title":{"rendered":"Calligraphy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday afternoon I attended a calligraphy class supported through the Alliance program. The \u8001\u5e08 (laoshi), or teacher, was a very funny and skilled artist.\u00a0 He began the lesson by explaining that calligraphy uses traditional Chinese characters, not the simplified version I have been learning. He also made it very clear that you do not use your left hand when writing calligraphy.\u00a0 Sorry lefties! I was surprised at how easy it was for me to make the switch from my left to right hand though.\u00a0 This may be due to my extensive right hand training in manipulating and using chopsticks.<\/p>\n

Pro-tip: Learn to use chopsticks with your right hand or else you\u2019re doomed to a life of being a nuisance.<\/p>\n

He also showed us how put the \u58a8 (mo), Chinese ink, onto the brush and apply it to the rice paper.\u00a0 We practiced a lot and after an hour and a half I finally got the hang of it. It seems to help if you put the right amount of \u58a8 on your brush while being equally distributed throughout all sides.\u00a0<\/p>\n

I was not able to keep my practice sheets\u2014it\u2019s probably for the best.\u00a0 However, here is my finished product! After one class, I was able to write this in traditional Chinese characters with my right hand.<\/p>\n

\"Image\"<\/a><\/p>\n

For this design, you read it right to left.\u00a0 It says Meiguo Yi Fan. Meiguo meaning America and Yi Fan is my Chinese name. The class meets only once a week but I\u2019m already looking forward to next Wednesday to learn more!\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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