How to Write Chinese Radicals: Part 2
Get tips on how to write Chinese calligraphy in this free video clip series on languages and writing.
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Summary: China is one of the oldest recorded nations on the face of the earth and one of the most technologically advanced as well. The Chinese have one of the oldest forms of writing as well called calligraphy. This is a very difficult and complex series of lines, dots and characters that make up the Chinese alphabet. They also have separate symbols and characters for full words and even numbers.
Although it is not the easiest language to learn to write there are a few pieces of advice that can help you along your way of learning to write in Chinese. Our expert, Bo Feng, will show you both the contemporary way of writing numbers to ten and then an easier, condensed way to do the same thing. He will walk you step by step through each number and explain each line and dot. Since there is a lot of important detail in each these lessons are invaluable to the serious student. So pick up your pen or quill and become an expert calligrapher!
About the Expert
Bo Feng is an experienced Chinese/English translator and interpreter. He has worked for Chinese International Travel Services, Lingnan Art Publishing House and Phillips Petroleum.
He is also a practitioner of Chinese calligraphy and painting, producer of animated shorts, for which he has won a regional award at College Television Competition sponsored by the Academy of Television Arts and Science, in addition to being a web designer and internet marketer for Traditional Chinese Medicine. Currently, he is receiving an MA in Chinese candidate at UMass Amherst. Bo Feng has also earned an MA in Art and MFA in Computer Graphics, both from UMass Amherst.
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