Celebrate Lunar New Year in Calligraphy (2 pm - 3 pm)
Sat, Jan 21
|Chicago
It is the tradition for people to post calligraphy characters written on red papers with new year’s wishes on walls, windows, and doors for celebration. We are inviting you to join us to make your own calligraphy artwork at the museum.
Time & Location
Jan 21, 2023, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Chicago, 3500 S Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60609, USA
Guests
About the event
As the Lunar New Year comes, Heritage Museum of Asian Art is hosting a traditional calligraphy event to farewell the year of Tiger and welcome the year of Rabbit with our best wishes. It is the tradition for people to post calligraphy characters written on red papers with new year’s wishes on walls, windows, and doors for celebration. We are inviting you to join us to make your own calligraphy artwork at the museum. Instructions from the local calligraphy artists will be provided.
One of the most popular characters to write for the new year is Fu（福）, Fu means happiness. It was considered as a result of doing what comes natually, and thereby attaining a state of harmony with the natural world in the view of the great Taoist philosopher Chuang Tzu. While in the pictographs, Fu consisted of a line, mouth, and land because the ancient ruler could ensure…