How to Write Chinese Calligraphy

Series Summary

China is one of the oldest recorded nations on the face of the earth and one of the most technically advanced as well. As humans we are able to trace back our lineage thousands of years and most end up going through China at some point along the way. 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 or whatever you want and lets get to calligraphyin!

Video Transcript

"Well, how to write Chinese characters, first of all I would like to explain a little bit what Chinese character is like. And from what you see here, you can tell that Chinese characters are so different from most of the western languages writing system that they are not formed with a limited number of letters. On the other hand, they have individual characters that amounts to about fifty thousand, but although for daily use only about three to four thousand would be enough, for you to read a newspaper and to read ordinary books, and a lot of the characters are not used, but still learning a writing system that's about two or three thousand words, it's much more complicated than the letter system in other languages such as English. So we need to find out how these characters are formed, and we need to find out how they are put together and and other rules that will help us through this learning process, and grasp the writing and then - of the Chinese characters, and then how to use that practice to enhance your learning experience."