Love Chinese Symbol, Japanese Kanji Calligraphy Wall Scroll

This is not a print! This 'Love' Chinese character calligraphy wall scroll artwork is 100% hand-painted by talented disabled artist.

About 'Love' Chinese Symbol Calligraphy Wall Scroll Artwork

Approximate Measurements:
Length of Silk Scroll: 59.3" (150cm)
Width of Wooden Scroll Roller: 29.2" (74cm)

Traditional, Simplified Chinese Characters, Japanese Kanji , old Korean Hanja & Pinyin

This is the Chinese / Japanese / Korean character for "Ai" which is "Love". This may be hard to imagine as a westerner, but the strokes at the top of this love character symbolize the family & marriage. It means 1.love; affection 2.to love 3.to be fond of or keen on 4.to treasure 5.to be apt to.

Our artist wrote 'Love' in Chinese character, Japanese Kanji and old Korean Hanja Calligraphy art on a wall scroll.

It can refer to the feeling between people, and their connection. The traditional Chinese character for love consists of a heart (middle ) inside of "accept, "feel," or "perceive " which shows a graceful emotion.

In contemporary Chinese language and culture, several terms or root words are used for the concept of love: It was the first name of the Qing emperor.

Ai is used as a verb (e.g., Wo ai ni, "I love you") or as a noun, especially in aiqing , "love" or "romance." In mainland China since 1949, airen (originally "lover," or more literally, "love person") is the dominant word for "spouse" (with separate terms for "wife" and "husband" originally being de-emphasized); the word once had a negative connotation, which it retains among many in Taiwan.

Lian is not generally used alone, but instead as part of such terms as "being in love" (tan lian'ai—also containing ai), "lover" (lianren) or "homosexuality" ( tongxinglian). Qing, commonly meaning "feeling" or "emotion," often indicates "love" in several terms. It is contained in the word aiqing; qingren is a term for "lover."

About Talented Disabled Artist: Master Shouxing Wang

How many years does it require to be a great master of Chinese brush calligraphy? 20 to 30 years. Shouxing Wang is from a village in Shandong China and actively lives with paralysis from waist down for nearly thirty years. To fight fate, he developed an interest in Chinese calligraphy art, which is believed to have a very similar effect to Chinese Taichi, cultivating the mind and morality. Now after nearly thirty years of practice, Mr. Wang has won various art competitions and can skillfully master all scripts of Chinese character calligraphy, namely, zhuanshu(seal script), lishu(clerical script), kaishu(regular script), xingshu(running script/semi cursive script) and caoshu(cursive script/grass script). In addition to Chinese calligraphy art, Master. Wang is also a big fan of various kinds of musical instrument, such as erhu and flute. Master. Wang said, “Life is not fair but you make it fair with your effort and attitude.”

"Initially, practicing calligraphy lifted me out of the pain of losing legs, brought me consolation and gave me courage to face various difficulties in life, and I found new hopes. Now I believe in my future and I shall work harder and promote the calligraphy art form." he said. When he was interviewed by journalists with famous media and asked what it was like to practice calligraphy these years. View More Story

How to Write Love in Japanese Kanji / Chinese Character Symbol Calligraphy Art on a Wall Scroll