Being Blissful

Chinese Calligraphy Art is highly sought everywhere as being graceful, sophisticated and deep in meaning. In Feng Shui, Chinese Calligraphy Art is used to enhance spaces through their complex and often philosophical meanings. Many people use Chinese Calligraphy Art when nothing else will suit the purpose for which it is needed.

Chinese calligraphy art represents a long standing tradition of calligraphic art that was and still is practiced all across Eastern Asia. Part drawing, part written character, part pictogram, Chinese calligraphy art is valued for its simplicity and at the same time for the complexity in meaning behind the brush strokes. Whilst Chinese calligraphy art can be found almost anywhere nowadays – tattoos, t-shirts, art galleries – what we are most concerned with here is the type of Chinese calligraphy art that is beneficial to your home or office, and how it fits in with the practice of Feng Shui.

A scroll symbolizing serenity can be found here.

There are many different styles and scripts of Chinese calligraphy art, but for the purposes of Feng Shui we are primarily concerned with the cursive and semi-cursive scripts of Chinese calligraphy art (also known as the grass and running scripts). These scripts have a natural curvature to them, and as such when used properly, promote the gentle flow of qi in a given space or environment. Chinese Calligraphy Art can be placed almost anywhere within a given space, as long as the characters and art itself bear proper meaning. This is easier said than done.

Chinese calligraphy art is extremely complex, and the artwork has meaning on many levels – the characters themselves, the representation created by the calligrapher, the choice of paper, brush, paint and so on. In general, appropriate characters should be placed in the appropriate areas of your home. For example, characters representing fortune, or prosperity should be placed in the wealth or career parts of your home (as per the bagua map). Characters representing happiness or luck should be placed in the journey parts of your living space.

To take a look at a happiness scroll, click here.

There are also considerations such as the color of the paper (red and white are the most common) and how they affect the flow of qi in the room. Chinese calligraphy art should generally not be a centerpiece in any interior arrangement, but rather a complementary aside that gently influences the flow of energy in the room.

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