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The Art of Chinese Calligraphy

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ID: 2685 Upper Intermediate
Have you ever tried your hand at the wonderful art of Chinese calligraphy. The skill is slowly being lost by the younger generations, so it's important to keep the tradition alive and well. It can also be a great mediative practice and teaches many virtues including mindfulness, attention to detail, patience, accuracy, and creativity among many other things.
Fiona Tian,Constance Fang
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SIMPLIFIED PINYIN ENGLISH  
这年头 zhè niántou nowadays
静下心 jìng xià xīn to settle down; to calm oneself
书法 shūfǎ calligraphy
再加上 zài jiāshang and to this must be added
老师我想学写字您教吗
lǎoshī 老师wǒ 我xiǎng 想xué 学xiězì 写字nín 您jiāo 教ma 吗
Sir, I want to learn to write characters, do you teach that?
这年头很难得有年轻人愿意静下心来写字了为什么想学呀
zhè niántou 这年头hěn 很nándé 难得yǒu 有niánqīngrén 年轻人yuànyì 愿意jìng xià xīn 静下心lái 来xiězì 写字le 了wèishénme 为什么xiǎng 想xué 学ya 呀
In this day and age it's rare for young people to have the calm attitude necessary to write characters. Why do you want to learn?
因为觉得书法很美再加上过去五年多住在国外每次跟外国朋友聊天都深深觉得对自己国家的传统文化艺术知道得太少
yīnwèi 因为juéde 觉得shūfǎ 书法hěn 很měi 美zài jiāshang 再加上guòqù 过去wǔ 五nián 年duō 多zhùzài 住在guówài 国外měicì 每次gēn 跟wàiguó péngyou 外国朋友liáotiān 聊天dōu 都shēnshēn 深深juéde 觉得duì 对zìjǐ 自己guójiā 国家de 的chuántǒng wénhuà 传统文化yìshù 艺术zhīdào 知道de 得tài 太shǎo 少
Because I think calligraphy is so pretty. Also in the last five years or so I've lived abroad and every time I talk to friends from other countries, I always feel I don't understand my own country's traditional cultural and art enough.
我国传统艺术这么多怎么想到书法呢
wǒguó 我国chuántǒng 传统yìshù 艺术zhème duō 这么多zěnme 怎么xiǎngdào 想到shūfǎ 书法ne 呢
There are so many traditional arts here, what made you think of calligraphy?
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