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星 is how “star” is written in Chinese, Japanese, and old Korean.
Thousands of years ago, when this character was first developed, there was the belief that you could see remnants of stars in everything. In fact, some early Chinese men of science suggested that all living things came from “stardust” or cosmic debris. This could explain why the upper portion of this character means “sun” (a star itself) and the lower portion means “birth” or “life.”
Oddly enough, modern-day scientists suggest that we are all made up of cosmic dust. Seems they were getting it right in China at a time when the western world thought the Earth was flat and the Church was claiming that the sun and all cosmic bodies revolved around the Earth.
日月星辰 is a title that encompasses all of the heavenly bodies or celestial bodies.
Namely, this includes the Sun, Moon, and Stars of our universe.
參宿四 is the title for Betelgeuse (star in the constellation Orion) in Chinese.
Also known as “α Orionis” (Alpha Orionis), Alpha Ori, or in Japan the Heike-boshi or Heike-star.
Note: 参宿 (Shēn Xiù) is the name given by ancient Chinese astronomers for a constellation of three stars (the three naked-eye visible belt stars of Orion). Therefore, 參宿四 means the Fourth Star of the constellation of Three Stars (which sounds like a joke). As telescopes got better, it should be noted that there are actually 10 stars in the constellation.
These are the short titles for Sanxing or 三星 (Three Stars).
福祿壽 are the gods of Jupiter, Ursa Major, and Sirius. Fu, Lu, and Shou represent fortune (福), presiding over the planet Jupiter, prosperity (祿), presiding over Ursa Major, and longevity (壽), presiding over Sirius.
In old Chinese folk religion, they are often represented as three old bearded wise men.
玄武 can refer to the Black Tortoise (an ancient Chinese constellation of stars- part of the seven mansions of the north sky).
In Daoism, this is the God of the North sky.
This also refers to a Black Tortoise god, said to rule over the northern heavens in Japanese. Can also be pronounced/romanized as genmu or when used as a personal name, Hirotake in Japanese.
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Orion’s Belt | 獵戶座 猎户座 | liè hù zuò lie4 hu4 zuo4 lie hu zuo liehuzuo | lieh hu tso liehhutso |
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Star | 星 | hoshi | xīng / xing1 / xing | hsing |
The Sun, Moon, and Stars | 日月星辰 | nichigetsuseishin | rì yuè xīng chén ri4 yue4 xing1 chen2 ri yue xing chen riyuexingchen | jih yüeh hsing ch`en jihyüehhsingchen jih yüeh hsing chen |
Sun Moon Stars | 日月星 | nichigetsusei | rì yuè xīng ri4 yue4 xing1 ri yue xing riyuexing | jih yüeh hsing jihyüehhsing |
A Vast Sky Full of Stars | 繁星 | fán xīng / fan2 xing1 / fan xing / fanxing | fan hsing / fanhsing | |
A Vast Sky Full of Stars | 空一面の星 | sora ichimen no hoshi soraichimennohoshi | ||
Betelgeuse | 參宿四 | sān sù sì san1 su4 si4 san su si sansusi | san su ssu sansussu |
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Lucky Star | 福星 | fukusei | fú xīng / fu2 xing1 / fu xing / fuxing | fu hsing / fuhsing |
Fu Lu Shou | 福祿壽 | fú lù shòu fu2 lu4 shou4 fu lu shou fulushou | ||
Xuan Wu Genbu Black Tortoise God | 玄武 | genbu | xuán wǔ / xuan2 wu3 / xuan wu / xuanwu | hsüan wu / hsüanwu |
In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. |
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All of our calligraphy wall scrolls are handmade.
When the calligrapher finishes creating your artwork, it is taken to my 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.
Allow a few weeks for delivery. Rush service speeds it up by a week or two for $10!
When you select your calligraphy, you'll be taken to another page where you can choose various custom options.
The wall scroll that Sandy is holding in this picture is a "large size"
single-character wall scroll.
We also offer custom wall scrolls in small, medium, and an even-larger jumbo size.
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.
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