Chinese Caligraphy

Chinese calligraphy (the art of writing) was, and still is a very important cultural movement, in terms of modern day, and artistic influences. It was respected as a fine art, before painting, and prized above all others.

It was deemed that a person who held the skill, and the ability to draw Chinese symbols and writing, was very talented, and because of it, was allowed into the 'upper circle' of Chinese civilisation.

http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/chcl/hd_chcl.htm < this link goes into extra detail about chances calligraphy.

The image that I included in this blog, also can be located back at the site above, so this is my reference.