Chinese Language Day at the United Nations - 24 Chinese Calligraphy Masters Writing China's 24 Solar Terms?

United Nations Chinese Language Day

Chinese Calligraphy Celebrities from 24 Countries Write about China's 24 Solar Terms

Preface

November 2016, the "Twenty-four Seasons" were formally listed on the UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, and together with Chinese calligraphy, which was officially inscribed on the UN Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2009, as well as other outstanding traditional Chinese cultures, it has become the key to the world's further understanding of Chinese civilization.

UN Chinese Language Day was established to promote the use of Chinese in the work of the United Nations. The date has been set for the 24th solar term, "Gu Yu", to honor the contribution of Cang Jie, the "Ancestor of Chinese Writing", to the creation of Chinese characters.

In the spring of 2020, the United Nations and the NIHAO UN New Media Center invited 24 calligraphers from 24 countries on five continents, including China, Japan, South Korea, Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Belgium, Germany, France, the U.S., Brazil, Australia and Tanzania, to inscribe the name of a solar term to reflect the essence of Chinese calligraphy. The Chinese Calligraphy National Essence of the Chinese Calendar.

The 24 calligraphers are the outstanding representatives of Chinese calligraphy from different countries and regions, or the outstanding figures who have promoted the spread of the art of calligraphy in the world.

The 24 Solar Terms occupy an important place in traditional Chinese culture. In ancient China, sundials were used to measure the sun's rays, and the longest sun shadow of the year was designated as the "solar solstice" (also known as the long solstice, long solstice, winter solstice), while the shortest sun shadow was the "short solstice" (also known as the short solstice, summer solstice). In the spring and fall seasons, each day has the same length of day and night, so it is designated as the "spring equinox" and "autumn equinox". During the Shang Dynasty, there were only four solar terms, but during the Zhou Dynasty there were eight, and during the Qin and Han Dynasties, the 24 solar terms were fully established. In 104 B.C., Deng Ping and others formulated the "Taichu Calendar", which formally set the 24 solar terms on the calendar and clarified the astronomical positions of the 24 solar terms. The names of the twenty-four solar terms were first mentioned in the Huainanzi - Tianwenxun (淮南子-天文训).

United Nations Chinese Language Day - 24 Chinese Calligraphy Masters Write Chinese 24 Solar Terms (authors in no particular order)

Lichun: Chen Zhixiong (China), President of the Chinese Culture and Art Research Center (CCARC)

Rain: Lu Weihua (Belgium), Executive Chairman of the Belgian Center for World Culture and Art Exchange (CWCA)

Hibernation: Li Zhaoyin (U.S.A.) President of the Chinese Calligraphers Association of America

Equinox: Yau Ching-kwong (Singapore) Chairman of the original Lion City Calligraphy and Seal-carving Association, Advisor

Clean Brightness: Nguyen Yen Choon (Indonesia) President of ASEAN-Chinese Calligraphers and Painters Association

Grainrainrain Rain: Kim Ngok-ki (Germany) President of the European Association of Chinese Calligraphers

Summer: Chang Wei-pur (India) President of the Indian Calligraphers Association

Summer: Lu Wei Hua (Belgium) President of the World Culture and Arts Exchange Center, Belgium ) President of the Indian Calligraphers Association

Small Full: Liu Shude (Brazil) President of the Brazilian Society of Chinese Calligraphy

Manslaughter: Chen Bingkui (France) President of the Association of Calligraphers and Painters of France

Summer Solstice: Zhang Dashun (Japan) President of the Japanese Oracle Bone Calligraphy Society

Small Summer: Chen Tianshou (Africa) President of the Chinese Calligraphers' Association of Tanzania

Great Summer: Qiu Hongqiang (Argentina) Executive Vice-President of the Argentine Chinese Calligraphers Association

Autumn: Ye Xin (Korea) President of the Korean Calligraphy Art Institute

Summer: Wang Hongyan (Canada) President of the Canadian Branch of the International Association of Multi-Cultural Artists

White Dew: Li Dongxia (UAE) Director of the UAE Center of Cultural Exchanges

Autumn Equinox: Edward Lam ( Australia) Chairman of the National Art Exhibition Committee of Australia

Cold Dew: Cai Weimin (UK) President of the Danqing Chinese Painting Institute, London, UK

Frost: Ye Peirong (Portugal) President of the Sino-Portuguese Artists' Association

Lidong: Fung Lifa (Cambodia) President of the Cambodian Chinese Calligraphy Association

Small Snow: Chen Chongzhi (Thailand) Vice-President of the International Peace Academy, Thailand

Thailand: Chen Chongzhi (Thailand) Vice-President of the International Peace Academy, Thailand

Thailand: Chen Chongzhi (Thailand) Vice President of Thailand International Peace Calligraphy Academy

Da Xue: Fu Yonggang (Malaysia) President of Malaysia International Modern Calligraphy and Painting Union

Winter Solstice: Lu Jiguang (Switzerland) Vice President of the Calligraphy and Painting Academy of the World Federation of Overseas Chinese Associations

Small Chill: Li Guofen (Philippines) President of the Sino-Philippine Cultural Development Promotion Association

Da Chill: Chen Yuanguang (Spain) President of the Spanish Chinese Calligraphers Association

Source: NIHAO UN

Originally titled: UN Chinese Language Day - 24 Chinese Calligraphy Masters Write Chinese 24 Solar Terms