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Mountain 山in Chinese Calligraphy Styles

Evolution of Chinese calligraphy styles www.youtube.com Different styles of Chinese calligraphy www.art-virtue.com It’s not necessary for a Chinese calligraphy teacher / student and a Mandarin Chinese teacher/student to teach or learn various styles of Chinese calligraphy and 異體字(variant Chinese characters) unless one is determined to master Chinese linguistics, calligraphy, sinology, seal carving, and/or etymology ( 文字學). Please understand that no one is able to memorize all those variant versions of Chinese characters in different calligraphy styles and this video only includes some portion of the different versions of a character and is not intended to confuse a beginner when learning Chinese. The different versions of characters and their brushstroke methods are usually good sources of learning Chinese history and calligraphy and their related subjects. To search for a specific Chinese character, please use ” Free Chinese Calligraphy Dictionary from www.9610.com ” www.youtube.com 山mountain (Pinyin: shan1) The styles included in this video are 大篆, 小篆, 隸書, 行草書, and 楷書and are mostly arranged in chronological order. Why do Chinese people call Chinese scripts “Chinese characters or Hanji” but not “Chinese symbols?” www.art-virtue.com Filename: Mountain-ChineseCalligraphy-Styles-08162010.wmv