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In the context of the Japanese Shinto religion, shintai/shin-tai or 神体 is an object of worship believed to contain the spirit of a deity, typically housed in a shrine.
This may not the the Shintai that you are looking for. This is NOT the Shintai massage technique.
身体 (body/health) and 心体 (heart/mind body) also romanize as Shintai. But I don't know what Saul Goodman is referring to as "light body" though the second character should be 体 which means body.
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your 神体 search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
神体 see styles |
shintai しんたい |
More info & calligraphy: Shintai |
神體 神体 see styles |
shén tǐ shen2 ti3 shen t`i shen ti |
Godhead See: 神体 |
ご神体 see styles |
goshintai ごしんたい |
(Shinto) (honorific or respectful language) shintai; object of worship believed to contain the spirit of a deity, typically housed in a shrine |
御神体 see styles |
goshintai ごしんたい |
(Shinto) (honorific or respectful language) shintai; object of worship believed to contain the spirit of a deity, typically housed in a shrine |
神体山 see styles |
shintaisan しんたいさん |
{Shinto} (See 神体) sacred mountain; mountain in which the spirit of a deity resides |
Variations: |
goshintai ごしんたい |
(honorific or respectful language) {Shinto} (See 神体) shintai; object of worship believed to contain the spirit of a deity, typically housed in a shrine |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) |
Shintai | 神体 | shin tai / shintai |
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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.
Check out my lists of Japanese Kanji Calligraphy Wall Scrolls and Old Korean Hanja Calligraphy Wall Scrolls.