Pictographic Chinese Calligraphy (58) The Rains - 雨水

About 2200 years ago in Han Dynast, Chinese created "The 24 solar terms" to divide the year to 24 periods according to the earth revolving around the sun, each term is about 15 days. About the same time, Han Dynast, Chinese create Lunar Year which follows the moon revolving around the earth. Most people knew or heard Lunar Year, but few knew The 24 Solar Terms, but Chinese has engaged in agricultural production according to 24 solar terms for more than 2200 years. 

The first term is Spring beginning around February 6,  the second term is The Rains around February 21 , ....... The Rains of 2021 is February 18 - people expect spring rains getting more. It is the weather in ancient time, not the same as nowadays. So we may not see spring rains during and after The Rains term.

Today is The day of The Rain, I created a new calligraphy artwork:"The Rains":

There are two characters in the artwork.

1, Rain - 雨, big seal script.

2, Water - 水，shell bone script

Pictographic Chinese Calligraphy (57) Lower Mountain could be more famous if there is immortal - 山不在高，有仙则名

 

A famous Chinese poet says "山不在高，有仙则名“，meaning "Lower Mountain could be more famous if there is immortal".

The Chinese characters in the above artwork:

1, Mountain - shell bone script

2, Cloud - shell bone script 

3, Immortal - small seal script.

    

    Immortal in song typeface: 仙. 

    The left is Person radical, the right is Mountain, meaning that the immortal is the person who lives in the mountain.

    The original small seal script is very complicated. Based on the song typeface and the typical small seal script strokes, I created the new small seal script as the one in the top right in the artwork. The left is the person who is facing left, and the right is the mountain.