Birthday gift idea

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

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Rid me, and deliver me from the hand of strange children, whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood:

But later, as they found that Chinese characters have something more than just a good looking, Chinese calligraphy was born.The invention of Chinese brushes greatly pushed the development of Chinese calligraphy as an art.

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.

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

Chinese calligraphy is not just writing Chinese characters. It is not just writing Chinese well. It is not just writing Chinese characters beautifully.

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