“Nine Ancient Poems” Li Script by Zhai Tong Dragon Soars Over the Nine Continents Sharjah Calligraphy Museum, UAE | August 2024

Description:
This work by Hebei-based calligrapher Zhai Tong features nine classic Chinese poems, elegantly rendered in Li (Clerical) Script. These timeless verses span dynasties and themes, including works such as “Returning to My Hometown”, “Out of the Frontier”, “Seeing off Yuan II to Anxi”, “Looking at Tianmen Mountain”, and more.

Zhai’s brushwork presents a refined and stable style, reflecting the rhythmic discipline of clerical script while showcasing her personal interpretation of poetic sentiment. The grid layout provides structure to the literary flow, guiding the viewer through a poetic journey.

Poem Titles Include:

• 回乡偶记 Returning to My Hometown

• 出塞 Out of the Frontier

• 送元二使安西 Seeing off Yuan II to Anxi

• 望天门山 Looking at Tianmen Mountain

• 绝句 Quatrain

• 枫桥夜泊 Mooring at Maple Bridge Night

• 登飞来峰 Climbing the Flying Peak

• 偶成 Casual Composition

• 饮湖上初晴后雨 After the Rain at the West Lake

Calligraphy Style:
Li Script (Clerical Script)

Dimensions:
138 × 34 cm
(54 1/3 × 13 2/5 in)

One-of-a-kind original handwritten calligraphy work. Unframed.

About the Artist:
Zhai Tong is a calligrapher from Baoding, Hebei Province. She is the Director of Beilei Arts School in Baoding, a research fellow of the Chinese Regular Script Art Research Institute, and a registered intermediate-level calligraphy instructor accredited by the China Calligraphers Association. She is also a member of the Hebei Women Calligraphers Association and the Baoding Calligraphers Association.