Pictographic Chinese Calligraphy (50) Float - 浮

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Pictographic Chinese Calligraphy (49) Teaching - 教

 The shell bone script of character Teaching is

On the left up, the two X are small sticks for counting, the left bottom is a child who is learning how to count. On the right, the vertical stroke is a long stick held by a hand (right bottom).

Ancient Chinese believe, corporal punishment is necessary in teaching. If the kid was lazy, or unable to solve the problem, teacher could beat him with the stick.

It is bad but it is true.

I created an artwork based on this character: Teaching.

On the left, it is same as the character. One kid under the stick. I call it as "One on One teaching".

On the right, there are 4 kids under the threaten of the stick, which is a modification from the original character. I call it as "Group teaching".

Pictographic Chinese Calligraphy (48) Illusion & Dream - 梦幻

The shell bone script of character Dream is

On the left is a person, on the right is a bed, both in vertical position. Because more than 3000 years ago (shell bone script was popular then), there was no paper, people wrote or drew characters on bamboo slips which is very narrow, difficult to write horizontally, so people wrote or drew vertically very often like this character.

The big seal script of character Illusion is

The bent curve is a tree branch, the hanging 8 is spider silk, which may give people an illusion when they are wet under sunshine.

In dream we may see beautiful pictures, same as we see the colorful wet spider silk net under sunshine. They are beautiful but not real.

The following is my artwork:"Illusion & Dream":

Pictographic Chinese Calligraphy (47) Thunderbirds - 雷鸟

The big seal script for character Thunder is

The middle cross curve is lightning, the four rings are four wheels. Ancient Chinese believed when the God of War starts to go battle with enemy, he uses the lightning and drives his chariot with four big wheels running on the sky, making thunder and storm.

The small seal script for character Bird is

I created a Chinese calligraphy artwork "Thunderbirds - 雷鸟“ based on the two characters above.

The idea is from the ongoing Thunderbirds flying over cities across U. S. A. 

Pictographic Chinese Calligraphy (46) Keep Social Distance - 不要扎堆

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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".

Pictographic Chinese Calligraphy (44) Internet - Inter网

The shell bone script (3000+ years ago) for Chinese character of Net is

Which is a net, most likely a fishing net.

The small seal script (2200+ years ago) for character Net is

which is more like a tennis net.

The current song typeface for Net is

网

It means exactly as English "Net", also Chinese call Internet as 因特网, in which 因特 is just a pronunciation of Inter, and 网 is Net. So here is my artwork