Nursery room decor

Chinese calligraphy works have served as a nursery room decoration idea for thousands of years. People use the art works to nursery room decorate rooms. There usually are some Chinese calligraphy works hang on the wall to nursery room decorate the homes.

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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.

The wedding decorations also include some calligraphy phrases such as "Get old together with white hair", "get along for a hundred years", "happy and harmony". Those works should be on the top of windows or doors of the new couple's home.

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.

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.

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.

In China, most signboards are written in Chinese calligraphy. If a sign is not written in calligraphy, it give viewers an impression that the company or shop is not professional.

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Last modified: Tuesday October 18, 2005.