DAO / TAOISM
Chinese Character / Japanese Kanji / Korean Hanja / Asian Symbol Painting

Dao / Tao / Taoism

Chinese Calligraphy Painting

This is the character "Dao" which is sometimes written "Tao" but pronounced like "dow".

This is the base of what is known as "Taoism". If you translate this literally, it can mean "the way" or "the path".

Dao is believed to be that which flows through all things, and keeps them in balance. It incorporates the ideas of yin and yang (e.g. there would be no love without hate, no light without dark, no male without female.)

The beginning of Taoism can be traced to a mystical man named Lao Tzu or Lao Zi (604-531 BC), who followed, and added to the teachings of Confucius.

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Chinese Calligraphy is only practiced by those with a keen and agile hand. It is an art that dates back thousands of years, and great artists, writers, and poets are often admired for their calligraphy ability and style.

This piece was done by Master Calligrapher Xing An-Ping of Beijing.

To create this art, Xing An-Ping used special Chinese ink on tan xuan paper (rice paper). The raw calligraphy was then taken to our mounting shop in Beijing where some of the best mounters in China laminated this to more sheets of xuan paper and added a silk brocade border.