Home decor gift shop

Chinese calligraphy works have served as a home decor gift shopation idea for thousands of years. People use the art works to home decor gift shopate rooms. There usually are some Chinese calligraphy works hang on the wall to home decor gift shopate the homes.

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All vehicles used for the wedding day should be decorated with the calligraphy "celebration". When the vehicles running on the way, it indicates the wedding to people.

On the wedding day, there should be some Chinese calligraphy characters such as "double happiness", "good fortune", "celebration". These calligraphy works should be on red paper since red means good fortune or luck.

A large part of historical Chinese art works was successfully preserved as the tombstones. Famous calligraphy works are Zhang Qian Bei, Cao Quan Bei, Yan Qin Li Bei and so on.

Most Chinese houses have a courtyard. There are a big door at the gate. On the top of the door, there should be some Chinese calligraphy works. Even poor people in China will have Chinese calligraphy works there. If the Chinese characters there were some print, the owner of the house will be regarded as an idiot.

In Jin dynasty, carved tombstones was forbidden. So there are less Chinese calligraphy works in that period left although Jin dynasty is one of the glorious period in Chinese calligraphy.

If there are no Chinese calligraphy, there will be no decoration in China.

For the relatives, the most closed relatives should have the symbol of celebration on both sides of the doors of the gate in their homes.

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