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Mandarin: dì qiú
Japanese: chikyuu
Korean: 지구
This is the name of the earth (our planet) in Chinese, Korean and Japanese. If you love the earth, or want to be reminded of where your home is in the solar system, this is the wall scroll for you.
(One of the five elements)
Mandarin: tǔ
Japanese: tsuchi
Korean: 토
This is earth, soil, ground or terra.
Earth is one of the five elements that ancient Chinese believed all things were composed of. These elements are also part of the cycle of Chinese astrology. Every person has both an animal sign, and one of the five elements according to the date of their birth. See also Five Elements and Chinese 12 Animals / Zodiac.
See Also... Five Elements
(One of the five elements)
Mandarin: huǒ
Japanese: hi
Korean: 화
This is the symbol for fire, flame, or blaze in Chinese, Korean and Japanese.
Fire is one of the five elements that ancient Chinese believed all things were composed of. These elements are also part of the cycle of Chinese astrology. Every person has both an animal sign, and one of the five elements according to the date of their birth. See also Five Elements and Chinese 12 Animals / Zodiac.
See Also... Five Elements
Mandarin: wǔ xíng tài jí quán
Japanese: gogyou taikyokuken
Korean: 친애적야야?
This is a certain school or style of Tai Chi (Taiji). The characters literally mean "Five Elements Tai Chi Fist".
Notes:
In Taiwan, it would be Romanized as "Wu Hsing Tai Chi Chuan" - see the standard Mandarin method above in the gray box (used in mainland China and the official Romanization used by the Library of Congress).
The last three characters are sometimes translated as "Grand Ultimate Fist", so the whole thing can be "Five Elements Grand Ultimate Fist" if you wish.
I have not confirmed use of this title in Korean, but if it is used, it's probably only by martial arts enthusiasts. The pronunciation is correct as shown above for Korean.
Mandarin: wǔ xíng
Japanese: gogyou
Korean: 오행
This is the title of the five elements which are: wood, fire, water, earth and metal. The first character means "5" and the second character is simply "elements".
According to ancient Chinese science, all matter in the world is made up of these elements. One idea presented with the five elements is that when energy is added, matter is believed to expand. When energy is removed, matter contracts. Oddly, this concept is not far from Einstein's theories, and modern science. Just a few thousand years before Einstein.
See more on our Five Elements page.
Mandarin: jīn mù shuǐ huǒ tǔ
Korean: 금목수화토
This is a list of the Chinese characters for the five elements in a comfortable order (meaning that they are in the proper chronological order and will simply "feel right" to a Chinese person who views this arrangement).
The characters you see to the left are read starting at the top of the right column, and reading down, then going to the left column. Traditional Chinese is often read from top to bottom and from right to left (totally the opposite of the English left to right horizontal scheme). The order is metal, wood, water, fire, earth.
While shown here in a two-column format, you will be able to choose from a single or double column scroll on the second page of options if you choose these five characters.
Note that sometimes the metal element is translated as gold. And earth refers to soil versus the whole planet earth.
Wall scroll artwork shown on this page is priced as follows:
1 character $28.88 each
2-3 characters $39.88 each
5-10 characters $59.88 each
After you select your calligraphy, our website will take you through the process of customizing your artwork.
Options for other mounting such as portraits are available for $12 less.
We also offer the services of a famous master calligrapher for a $40 fee on any scroll if you are looking for investment-quality calligraphy.
If you chose our famous master-calligrapher, you also get more choices for silk and paper colors and the option for larger artwork.
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 at least 3 weeks for delivery from the time you place your order.
When you select your calligraphy, you'll be taken to another page where you can choose various custom options.
Prices for
custom wall scrolls
shown on this page:
Single-Character:
USD $28.88
GBP £14.77
EUR €18.82
CAD $29.26
AUS $30.70
2-3 Characters:
USD $39.88
GBP £20.40
EUR €25.99
CAD $40.40
AUS $42.39
5-10 Characters:
USD $59.88
GBP £30.63
EUR €39.02
CAD $60.66
AUS $63.65
Customizations that you select may raise or lower the price.
The scroll that I am holding in this picture is a "regular 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 Hanyu-Pinyin (Romanized Chinese) | |||
| Earth | 地球 地球 | chikyuu | dì qiú | di4 qiu2 | ||
| Earth | 土 土 | tsuchi | tǔ | tu3 | ||
| Fire | 火 火 | hi | huǒ | huo3 | ||
| Five Elements Tai Chi Fist | 五行太极拳 五行太極拳 | gogyou taikyokuken | wǔ xíng tài jí quán | wu3 xing2 tai4 ji2 quan2 | ||
| Five Elements | 五行 五行 | gogyou | wǔ xíng | wu3 xing2 | ||
| Five Elements | 金木水火土 金木水火土 | n/a | jīn mù shuǐ huǒ tǔ | jin1 mu4 shui3 huo3 tu3 | ||
| 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 we spent hundreds of hours making images so that you could view the characters in the "Earth / The World" 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. | ||||||
All custom calligraphy items are made-to-order in our little Beijing artwork-mounting workshop.
Normal delivery isjust over 3 weeksfor these handmade items.
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