Created thousands of year ago, Chinese calligraphy has been viewed as the art of fine handwriting. Unlike the western calligraphy, ink blots and some dissimilarties in Chinese calligraphy are natural and many times show meaning and expression of the writer.

Through my childhood, my mother tried to teach me how to write in Chinese, however, I never managed to learn every lesson. Each symbol or character has a meaning within a meaning. When I was learning to write in Chinese calligraphy, I felt like I was drawing a picture.

Mastering Chinese calligraphy is tedious and takes much practice because the writer has to be natural while disciplined. On top of that, there are rules to follow when writing Chinese calligraphy. That rule is called the stroker order, which can be related to a letter in English such as when you write a B you start with the straight line down then you make the closing curves upon the line. Also, the way the writer holds the brush is extremely important. You can't touch the brush with your palm ,and you have to keep it straight up and down.There are also four required pieces before beginning to write in traditional Chinese calligraphy, which are Chinese ink, Chinese inkstone, Chinese brush, and a brush rest.

The picture shown above represents the meaning of FAMILY, which is one of the most, if not the most, important part to a traditional Chinese person. In saying that, the character is made up of different parts that means different things, which at the end exemplifies the entire meaning of family. Since I am limited with Chinese calligrpahy knowledge, I only know one part of the character that makes up FAMILY, which is the top part of the character that represents the top of the roof of a home.