Adventures in Asian Art
We have many options to create artwork with Cooperation characters on a wall scroll or portrait.
Quick links to words on this page...
| 1. Cooperation / Collaboration 2. Cooperation 3. Flexibility |
4. Guide / Help / Cooperate 5. Solidarity / Cooperation 6. Synergy / Cooperative Interaction |
![]() ![]() Cooperation is working together and sharing the load. When we cooperate, we join with others to do things that cannot be done alone. We are willing to follow the rules which keep everyone safe and happy. Together we can accomplish great things. See Also... Partnership | Commitment ![]() If you look at the second character, which means "strength" or "power", and then you look at the first character, you will see that the first character seems to represent multiple "strengths" together. Thus you can visually see the meaning of this word as "stronger when working together". The combination of characters that form this word is commonly seen in Japanese Kanji and Korean Hanja, but not used in China (however, a Chinese person could probably guess the meaning, and it can be pronounced in Chinese). See Also... Partnership | Commitment ![]() Flexibility is being open to change. You consider others' ideas and feelings and don't insist on your own way. Flexibility gives you creative new ways to get things done. Flexibility helps you to keep changing for the better. This Chinese word could also be defined as "flexible nature". ![]() ![]() This is the Chinese, Japanese Kanji and Korean Hanja word that means "flexibility". It can also mean "compatibility", "pliability", "softness" and "elasticity". See Also... Flexibility ![]() ![]() This word varies a bit depending on which language you are reading it in. This means to join forces, unity, united, union, combination, cooperation or solidarity. In fact, this was part of the Chinese title used for the Solidarity workers union in Poland. In some circumstances, this can mean "hold a rally". ![]() ![]() This is probably the best way to express "synergy" in Chinese. This is not a particularly-common word in Chinese, so you might want to look at "cooperation". |
All of our calligraphy is completely done by hand in the ancient way.
When the calligrapher finishes creating your artwork, it is taken to our art mounting workshop in Beijing where a wall scroll is made by hand from a combination of silk, rice paper, and wood.
After we create your wall scroll, it takes at least two weeks for air mail delivery from Beijing to you.
Therefore, allow a few weeks for delivery from the time you place your order. Rush options are available!
When you select your calligraphy, you'll be taken to another page where you can choose various custom options.
The scroll that I am holding in this picture is a "medium size"
4-character wall scroll.
As you can see, it is a great size to hang on your wall.
(We also offer custom wall scrolls in larger sizes)
Professional calligraphers are getting to be hard to find these days.
Instead of drawing characters by hand, the new generation in China merely type roman letters into their computer keyboards and pick the character that they want from a list that pops up.
There is some fear that true Chinese calligraphy may become a lost art in the coming years. Many art institutes in China are now promoting calligraphy programs in hopes of keeping this unique form
of art alive.
Even with the teachings of a top-ranked calligrapher in China, my calligraphy will never be good enough to sell. I will leave that to the experts.
The same calligrapher who gave me those lessons also attracted a crowd of thousands and a TV crew as he created characters over 6-feet high. He happens to be ranked as one of the top 100 calligraphers in all of China. He is also one of very few that would actually attempt such a feat.
The following table is only helpful for those studying Chinese (or Japanese), and perhaps helps search engines to find this page when someone enters Romanized Chinese or Japanese
| Title | Characters Simplified Traditional |
Japanese Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
| Cooperation / Collaboration | 协作 協作 | kyousaku kyosaku | xié zuò xie zuo hsieh tso | xie2 zuo4 xiezuo |
| Cooperation (Japanese / Korean) | 协力 協力 | kyouryoku kyoryoku | xié lì xie li hsieh li | xie2 li4 xieli |
| Flexibility | 灵活性 靈活性 | n/a | líng huó xìng ling huo xing ling huo hsing | ling2 huo2 xing4 linghuoxing |
| Flexibility (Alternate / Japanese version) | 柔软性 柔軟性 | junansei | róu ruǎn xìng rou ruan xing jou juan hsing | rou2 ruan3 xing4 rouruanxing |
| Guide / Help / Cooperate | 提携 提携 | tei kei teikei | tí xié ti xie t`i hsieh | ti2 xie2 tixie tihsieh ti hsieh |
| Solidarity / Cooperation | 团结 / 団结 團結 | danketsu | tuán jié tuan jie t`uan chieh | tuan2 jie2 tuanjie tuanchieh tuan chieh |
| Synergy / Cooperative Interaction | 协同作用 協同作用 | n/a | xié tóng zuò yòng xie tong zuo yong hsieh t`ung tso yung | xie2 tong2 zuo4 yong4 xietongzuoyong hsiehtungtsoyung hsieh tung tso yung |
If you have not set up your computer to display Chinese, the characters in this table probably look like empty boxes or random text garbage.
This is why I spent hundreds of hours making images so that you could view the characters in the "Cooperation" listings above.
If you want your Windows computer to be able to display Chinese characters you can either head to your Regional and Language options in your Win XP control panel, select the [Languages] tab and click on [Install files for East Asian Languages]. This task will ask for your Win XP CD to complete in most cases. If you don't have your Windows XP CD, or are running Windows 98, you can also download/run the simplified Chinese font package installer from Microsoft which works independently with Win 98, ME, 2000, and XP. It's a 2.5MB download, so if you are on dial up, start the download and go make a sandwich.
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