Chinese Calligraphy

My great-grandfather and his fathers were Hanlins (翰林) in the Qing Dynasty and belonged to an unique class of educated people.

Whom is a 翰林 and What is the 翰林院?

Hanlin AcademyWikipedia

翰林院百度百科

翰林院Wikipedia

My Great-Grandparents

Here are AI colored photos of my great-grandparents

My Great-Grandfather's Calligraphy

Appreciation of Art and Cultures

From them, I learned to appreciate the classical Chinese Arts and cultures. (Imperial and Pre-Republic Periods). I share some Calligraphies here.

Lang Din Shiu (兰亭序) written by TiBao 铁保

• https://www.dpm.org.cn/lemmas/242809.html

• https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%90%B5%E4%BF%9D

兰亭序 - Book Rubbing from Republic of China Era

https://online.fliphtml5.com/kznkp/dfkz/#p=1

孝闕流芳坊

孝阙流芳坊百度百科

My great-grandfather's letter to the ROC president 黎元洪 ( https://zh-classical.wikipedia.org/wiki/黎元洪 ) 1922 - 壬戌年

-> 孝阙流芳 <-

http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/孝子坊_(周宁县)

Images to come.

Personally, I like the vivid colors of Japanese Artworks.

Images to come.