21st birthday gift idea

Chinese people sometimes like to give expensive 21st birthday gift ideas. Chinese people think the more expensive 21st birthday gift idea they give, the more they care. That's actually not a good habit. A great 21st birthday gift idea should be expressing your thought and not costing a fortune.

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Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable.

One generation shall praise thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty acts.

I will sing a new song unto thee, O upon a psaltery and an instrument of ten strings will I sing praises unto thee.

Chinese calligraphy come from writing Chinese characters. The Chinese characters come from the painting.At the very beginning, people have an intuition about writing Chinese characters well.

I will extol thee, my God, O king; and I will bless thy name for ever and ever.

Chinese calligraphy are popular in China for thousands of years. People decorate rooms with Chinese calligraphy just like painting.

And outside of the rooms, you can see Chinese calligraphy works in tablets and sign of shops everywhere in China. In China, it's an unwritten regulation to have good Chinese calligraphers to write notes, signs and anything of events, small or big.

Chinese calligraphy are never been more popular in the western world. I met some people who practiced Chinese calligraphy for years and loved it, without even knowing what the characters meaning.

I will speak of the glorious honour of thy majesty, and of thy wondrous works.

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