Splendor of China

歡迎   Aloha

 Happy 11 1 11

 

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 Went to the Splendor of China trade show

& extravaganza on Saturday.

A bargain trip to the Middle Kingdom

at $3/door.

 

 

“ With money you are a dragon;

with no money, a worm ”

 

  Chinese Proverb

“ On with the dance! 

Let joy be unconfined ”

 

Lord Byron 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“To forget one's ancestor's                                  is to be a brook without a source,                            a tree without root ”

Chinese Proverb  Root & seed of Chinese culture: brush, ink, stone.

Bridge Child

" One joy 

scatters

      a hundred griefs. "

" An inch of time is an inch of gold

but you can't buy that inch of time

with an inch of gold. "

" Not until just before dawn

do people sleep best; 

not until people get old 

do they become wise. "

Chinese Proverbs

As we walked along,

I saw the Shanghai Calligrapher Zun Gui Li 

executing a stroke of the piece above. 

One didn't need factual knowledge of the art

to appreciate the grace,

flair, control & off-handedness

in his movements and results.

Thick, thin, light, dark 

the lines played out perfectly.

When he wrote in

the finer, smaller characters

I went wild (quietly).

  His assistant explained to me 

that such a piece

would sell in Shanghai for the equivalent

of $45 USD,

but that he wanted me to have it

for $20

as I was clearly so taken

with it's creation.

  Now that I live on shore, 

I can hang calligraphy!

  This photo

was taken in my apartment.

(I do want to get it framed)

  The artist expressed to me

through his intermediary

that it alludes to the fact that

"kind people live a long time."

Happy thought for you

and for me!

Thanks SO much for visiting today.

Your comment is a gift!

                                          Warmly, cloudia