mattcc Posted May 25, 2009 at 09:00 PM Report Posted May 25, 2009 at 09:00 PM hi can someone please help me translate this calligraphy? i was given it as a gift a few years ago and have no idea what it says! many thanks, mattcc Quote
studentyoung Posted May 26, 2009 at 02:00 AM Report Posted May 26, 2009 at 02:00 AM (edited) can someone please help me translate this calligraphy? i was given it as a gift a few years ago and have no idea what it says! 寿（the biggest character on the left）: long life the couplets (on the right) : 福如东海长流水 Good fortune as the running water in the East Sea 寿比南山不老松 Long life as the evergreen pine on the South Mountain 龟寿千年： Long life like a tortoise a-thousand-year-old XX联画： XX (Someone’s name, perhaps, but I can’t see the characters very clear) wrote the couplets and pained (the bats, which are on the right of the paper, and means good fortune in traditional Chinese customs) 甲申年秋月：in autumn, 2005(I guess you got it in or after 2005) You got it as a gift on your birthday, I suppose? Cheers! Edited May 26, 2009 at 02:58 AM by studentyoung 1 Quote
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