Learn Chinese Calligraphy of Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, and Earth

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According to ancient Chinese philosophy, the Five Elements (五行wu xing) include Metal (金 jīn), Wood (木 mù), Water (水shuǐ), Fire (火 huǒ), and Earth (土tǔ).
The Chinese believe that everything in the universe, our health included, is governed by the Five Elements.
Characteristics of the Five Elements:
Metal: Righteousness, firmness, rigidity, persistence, strength, and determination. Metal corresponds to the lungs and large intestine.
Wood: Benevolence, warmth, generosity, strength, flexibility, and boldness. Wood corresponds to the liver and to the gall bladder.
Water: Wisdom, flexibility, calmness, softness, and gentleness. Water corresponds to the kidneys and to the bladder.
Fire: Propriety, dynamism, strength, enthusiasm, creativity, and persistence. Fire corresponds to the heart and to the small intestine.
Earth: Honesty, stubbornness, rigidity, patience, thoughtfulness, and stability. Earth corresponds to the spleen and to the stomach.
All these elements interact with each other according to the principles of mutual generation and mutual inhibition. Wood generates Fire, Fire generates Earth, Earth generates Metal, Metal generates Water, and Water generates Wood; conversely, Water inhibits Fire, Fire inhibits Metal, Metal inhibits Wood, Wood inhibits Earth, and Earth inhibits Water.
The Five Elements are equally important, and should be kept in balance. If they are balanced, the environment will be stable, and people can live peacefully and have good luck.
If they are imbalanced, the environment will be unstable and unpredictable, which will in turn have a negative influence on you. Chinese astrology therefore uses the balance theory of Yin-Yang Five Elements to predict people’s fortune.
The demonstration in the video was done by Mr. Hsiao Shih-Hao, president of the Moxiang Calligraphy Association Taipei, Taiwan. (Image Courtesy of NTDTV AP)
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[@jimscanoe]

The most beautiful inkstone I've ever seen.

[@stellasou9606]

下笔犹豫，完毕后还描画。我小时候这样写是会被老先生训的

[@bryonboyd6587]

Thanks for sharing

[@huxleydarren7584]

老先生寫的很好，感謝宣傳中國文化，希望您的字更進一步😄

[@user-ti3db4nl7w]

筆法展現渾厚功力。讚👍

[@MAX-no4ih]

I really love your calligraphy technique!

[@manuelcheung2917]

The music is great!

[@pandacubstories2348]

Mesmerizing!

[@imankazuya]

Thanks for this video

[@user-vl8ew7lg4t]

பின்னணி இசை அற்புதமாக இருக்கின்றது!பாராட்டுக்கள்!☺👍👌💐🎂

[@esteridshiella9827]

寫的很好看

[@user-jv6ml9yc2e]

0:55 Wood 1:55 Fire 2:30 Earth 0:13 Metal 1:27 Water

[@kpoptrashandfangirl]

Thanxx :DD

[@unimportant9337]

The 金at 0:13 means gold, not metal

[@alinaenglish..6027]

Thank you!!!I love it!!!!!😍😍😍😍😍

[@happyme9975]

Gold, wood, water, fire, soil

[@user-er2so9wf2e]

li yi xin xiao zhong

[@CultureAppropriator]

深红之鬘 kin ki mizu hi tsuchi

[@MOON-ib7fz]

METAL, WOOD, FIRE, WATER, EARTH Wind: Am I a joke to u?

[@nivedhitavenkat986]

Superb sir 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@user-jt6jm3bc3q]

great!!

[@JANANIMOE]

❤ kakak saya suka tulisan kamu kaligrafi Cina 😊💝

[@paulwang4121]

偏锋过多，运笔迟滞，但字形很美，结构完美

[@billyshyu6012]

謝謝妳的反饋。

[@andylau8585]

@paul wang 同意！结体精美！但是用笔是错的，描！有这么好的纸！

[@hoaduong6614]

Need to practice more!

[@mjmorallos5588]

I'm eager to learn how to write and learn chinese caligraphy/characters and their use..proper pronunciation and meanings.

[@user-mv1zh4cb6q]

用笔不得要领。横向摆动，这是在填轮廓，横尾用括号式钩形，这些都是画字。

[@minyoongi6459]

金 = 숲

[@mohneeshsharma]

KATON, DOTON, SUITON, AND MUKTON

[@powerofthetingle8815]

我只懂很少的中文，但可以很容易地说很多中文单词。

[@powerofthetingle8815]

Btw I was helped to write this.

[@melannioctavian1163]

我现在正在一边看你的视频一边做书法，很难啊~

[@andylau8585]

中锋行笔？

[@jiqiangchai9580]

画出来的

[@billyshyu6012]

謝謝留言。要畫得出來，也不簡單!

[@user-yh3zq2uw4p]

@@billyshyu6012 有些網友都以為自己是書法名家。畫字又怎樣

[@fimkiemusic]

Imagine if it took so long writing one word

[@sterlingdullaghan7373]

Caligraphy takes long. Writing the actual characters takes less time than writing them in English. Think of it this way. Writing the word Earth, you make 10 strokes. Writing Earth in Chinese, there are 3 strokes, 土. Fire has nine strokes in English and 4 in Chinese, 火. Complicated words like Love in Chinese, 爱, have 10 strokes, but "Eating" in English has 11 strokes. Maybe when you write a capital E then there are an extra 3 strokes, but you get the point.

[@sterlingdullaghan7373]

Writing the characters normally with a pen or pencil is what I'm talking about being faster, try writing anything neatly with a brush and it will be difficult.

[@fimkiemusic]

@@sterlingdullaghan7373 i fear things like the days of the week though (月曜日 and such). But you have a point (This example is Japanese, and it is different in Chinese, I noticed just now)

[@gabriela-fz2pe]

rewrites 金 11 times to try and get it right; realises it isn't even part of the characters he's teaching us

[@Noname2004kurdish]

TOO MUCH WATER, TOO LITTLE INK I SEE

[@user-tl1xw9op5x]

差点意思

[@ivyleywastaken5370]

Half this stuff I know from power rangers samurai lol

[@kellanfeng]

Larel Outram fuck man this is chinese

[@bigtimeaze-azeramos9645]

Yep. Just missing Sky and Light (pink and gold rangers)

[@sr6phim]

Earth, water, fire, air

[@batukaah9380]

why r ur hands are vibrating

[@jimscanoe]

Maybe he's an old guy like I am-it's like he's leaving his fingerprints or his pulse on the characters he creates. I think his characters have a lot of character and artistic beauty as a consequence.

[@user-lg1kv6cr2h]

多弘扬中华文化，不要做反自己祖国的事！

[@dawenliu2737]

笔法完全错误，画字

[@believeingood5875]

抖个不停，字出来都是锯齿状的，好奇怪。

[@user-fi5ck9dj9l]

나무木 끝자를 올리면 안됨

[@erinchen0228]

本来给了个赞结果看到新唐人几个字，顿时恶心到了。

[@destructoGB]

我也是