Sunday, March 15, 2020

Pictographic Chinese Calligraphy (45) Geese flying south - 雁南飞

The bronze script (3000+ years ago) for character Fly or Flying is

which is a flying bird.


Every years, hundreds thousands geese fly from north to south in fall, Chinese call it as "Geese flying south".




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