Cottage decor nautical

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

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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.

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

Today, Chinese calligraphy art works are also appear in cars. In China, a lot of cars are decorated with some good Chinese phrase such as "safe on the way" in Chinese calligraphy.

Chinese calligraphy art works are also widely used to tombstones. In ancient China, tombstones are used to record the life of the owner. To have people after thousands of years to see the life of the owner, Chinese calligraphy works were carved into the stones.

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.

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.

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.

A calligraphy work of "happy birthday" is likely to decorate a birthday party. If it's a birthday party for an old person, their usually some calligraphy about "longevity" will show up.

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Last modified: Tuesday October 18, 2005.