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The Popular Decline of Calligraphy

The Popular Decline of Calligraphy
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ID: 1931 Upper Intermediate
Calligraphy as an art form is one thing, but what about just having decent handwriting? Sadly, even that sign of "culture" is going by the wayside in modern China. Why practice penmanship when you can be happily chatting on QQ or texting on your cell phone? This is progress, right?
Jenny,John
The Popular Decline of Calligraphy
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碑 bēi stone tablet
潦草 liáocǎo messy
草书 cǎoshū grass calligraphy
龙飞凤舞 lóngfēifèngwǔ ‘freely and expressively‘
你们快来看这块碑
nǐmen 你们kuài 快lái 来kàn 看zhè 这kuài 块bēi 碑
Come take a look at this stone tablet, you guys!
谁写的这么潦草我一个都不认识
shéi 谁xiě 写de 的zhème 这么liáocǎo 潦草wǒ 我yī 一gè 个dōu 都bù 不rènshi 认识
Who wrote this? It's so messy! I don't recognize a single character.
拜托啊大哥这是草书是艺术看人家写得龙飞凤舞的多漂亮
bàituō 拜托a 啊dàgē 大哥zhè 这shì 是cǎoshū 草书shì 是yìshù 艺术kàn 看rénjiā 人家xiě 写de 得lóngfēifèngwǔ 龙飞凤舞de 的duō 多piàoliang 漂亮
Come on, man! This is calligraphy. It's artwork! The artist wrote it so freely and expressively. It's really beautiful!
哎咱一年到头也写不了几个字我上一次写字还是收快递的时候签了个名我还经常提笔忘字
āi 哎zán 咱yī niándàotóu 一年到头yě 也xiěbùliǎo 写不了jǐ ge 几个zì 字wǒ 我shàngyīcì 上一次xiězì 写字háishì 还是shōu 收kuàidì 快递de shíhou 的时候qiān 签le 了ge 个míng 名wǒ 我hái 还jīngcháng 经常tíbǐwàngzì 提笔忘字
Agh, we don't handwrite more than a few characters a year. The last time I wrote something by hand was when I had to sign for an express delivery. I often forget characters when I write by hand, too.
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