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The Year of the Golden/Metal Rooster
金雞獨立 or “Jin Ji Du Li,” means “golden rooster stands on one leg.”
This is also called “crane stance” in English. This is used in wushu, karate, and other forms of martial arts.
This can be pronounced, “kinkei dokuritsu” in Japanese but it's rarely a title used in Japanese.
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your 金雞 search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
金雞 金鸡 see styles |
jīn jī jin1 ji1 chin chi |
More info & calligraphy: Golden/Metal Rooster |
金雞獨立 金鸡独立 see styles |
jīn jī dú lì jin1 ji1 du2 li4 chin chi tu li |
More info & calligraphy: Jin Ji Du Li |
金雞納 金鸡纳 see styles |
jīn jī nà jin1 ji1 na4 chin chi na |
quinine (Cinchona ledgeriana) |
金雞納樹 金鸡纳树 see styles |
jīn jī nà shù jin1 ji1 na4 shu4 chin chi na shu |
Cinchona ledgeriana, tree whose bark contains quinine |
金雞納霜 金鸡纳霜 see styles |
jīn jī nà shuāng jin1 ji1 na4 shuang1 chin chi na shuang |
quinine powder |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Golden/Metal Rooster | 金雞 金鸡 | jīn jī / jin1 ji1 / jin ji / jinji | chin chi / chinchi | |
Jin Ji Du Li | 金雞獨立 金鸡独立 | kin kei doku ritsu kinkeidokuritsu | jīn jī dú lì jin1 ji1 du2 li4 jin ji du li jinjiduli | chin chi tu li chinchituli |
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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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.