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  1. Autumn / Fall Season

  2. Azuka

  3. The Four Seasons

  4. One frost doesn't make winter

  5. One swallow doesn’t make a summer

  6. Samidare

  7. Summer Season

  8. Tondehiniirunatsunomushi


Autumn / Fall Season

 qiū
 aki
 
Autumn / Fall Season Scroll

秋 is the word/character used to describe the Autumn or Fall season in Chinese and Japanese.


See Also:  Winter | Spring | Four Seasons

Azuka

Japanese surname

 Azuka
Azuka Scroll

四阿 is the Japanese surname Azuka, Adzuma, Azuma, or Aoka.

This also means arbor/arbour, bower, summer house, or square gazebo.

The Four Seasons

 chūn xià qiū dōng
 shunkashuutou
The Four Seasons Scroll

春夏秋冬 is one way to express “The Four Seasons “ or “All Year Round “.

The characters here represent Spring, Summer, Autumn (Fall), and Winter.

One frost doesn't make winter

 yī cì shuāng dòng bù dài biǎo zhěng gè dōng tiān
One frost doesn't make winter Scroll

一次霜凍不代表整個冬天 is a proverb that means “One frost doesn't make winter.”

The deeper meaning is that a single early sign of cold weather doesn't signify the full onset or severity of winter; it's about the gradual transition of seasons, patience, and not jumping to conclusions.

It's a reminder to stay resilient, wait for the real season to arrive, and not let one small event define the whole experience, similar to how one kind word can warm you for months.

While the origin of this proverb is murky (not originally Chinese, likely a modern adaptation of “One swallow does not a summer make”), this idea aligns with the Chinese solar terms (二十四節氣), which mark subtle shifts, like the transition from "cold dew" (寒露) to "frost falls" (霜降).

One swallow doesn’t make a summer

 gū yàn bù chéng xià
One swallow doesn’t make a summer Scroll

This is a Chinese translation of the phrase, “One swallow doesn’t make a summer” or “A lone swallow cannot bring summer.”

 samidare
Samidare Scroll

This is the Japanese name Samidare.

The meaning of the name is “early-summer rain.” Literally, it's “5th moon rain,” which means “rain in the month of May.” This may refer to an anime character, a Japanese battleship in WWII, or a place in Japan called Samidare.

Summer Season

 xià
 natsu
 
Summer Season Scroll

夏 is the word/character used to describe the Summer season in Chinese, Korean and Japanese.

If your name is Summer, I like this character better than transliterating a few characters together to make something that sounds like “summer.”

Tondehiniirunatsunomushi

Like a moth to the flame

 tondehiniirunatsunomushi
Tondehiniirunatsunomushi Scroll

飛んで火に入る夏の虫 is a Japanese proverb that means rushing to one's doom.

The literal meaning is, “Summer insects flying into the flame” which is like the English idiom, “Like a moth to a flame.”


Note: Because this selection contains some special Japanese Hiragana characters, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.




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The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...

Title CharactersRomaji (Romanized Japanese)Various forms of Romanized Chinese
Autumn
Fall Season
akiqiū / qiu1 / qiuch`iu / chiu
Azuka四阿Azuka
The Four Seasons春夏秋冬shunkashuutou
shunkashuto
chūn xià qiū dōng
chun1 xia4 qiu1 dong1
chun xia qiu dong
chunxiaqiudong
ch`un hsia ch`iu tung
chunhsiachiutung
chun hsia chiu tung
One frost doesn't make winter一次霜凍不代表整個冬天
一次霜冻不代表整个冬天
yī cì shuāng dòng bù dài biǎo zhěng gè dōng tiān
yi1 ci4 shuang1 dong4 bu4 dai4 biao3 zheng3 ge4 dong1 tian1
yi ci shuang dong bu dai biao zheng ge dong tian
i tz`u shuang tung pu tai piao cheng ko tung t`ien
i tzu shuang tung pu tai piao cheng ko tung tien
One swallow doesn’t make a summer孤燕不成夏gū yàn bù chéng xià
gu1 yan4 bu4 cheng2 xia4
gu yan bu cheng xia
guyanbuchengxia
ku yen pu ch`eng hsia
kuyenpuchenghsia
ku yen pu cheng hsia
Samidare五月雨samidare
Summer Seasonnatsuxià / xia4 / xiahsia
Tondehiniirunatsunomushi飛んで火に入る夏の虫tondehiniirunatsunomushi
tondehinirunatsunomushi
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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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.

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A nice Chinese calligraphy wall scroll

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.

A professional Chinese Calligrapher

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.

Trying to learn Chinese calligrapher - a futile effort

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.

A high-ranked Chinese master calligrapher that I met in Zhongwei

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.