Scroll Translation

[Squish]

Hi everyone

Just wondering if anyone can give me some insight as to what these two scrolls say? I'm curious as to what the different parts of writing mean, or whether it all works together for one overall meaning?

Thanks in advance for any help

[muyongshi]

The first one says 爱神 (ai4 shen2) which means "love god" and the second is 福爱 (fu2 ai4) which is not a combination I see very often. The first character, fu2 means good fortune, blessing or happiness and the second is ai4 which means love.

 

I almost feel that they are kind of christianeze and not "normal" Chinese calligraphy. Especially the second, which I think in context of the first, is referring to kind of an idea of Christian "blessing" and love.

 

Someone with a bit more knowledge may be able to fill in the blanks a bit better though.

[lingo-ling]

愛神: "god of love", like Venus, Cupid, or the Old Man Under the Moon.

[muyongshi]

You asked about the different parts of the scroll. The smaller writing on the left hand side, is information about the date/place of writing. The medium font at the bottom of the scrolls are kind of "personal" messages from the artist to the receiver. The first seems to say, "Tony, Happiness" and the second seems to be another name (an li ke si) "____ (name), a life of happiness". The largest letters are the main component of the calligraphy and are what both myself and lingo-ling originally translated for you.

[你们能看懂不]

the first is  爱神  托尼幸福 （XX葵巳年書於京）

the second is 福爱 爱丽克思一生幸福（XX葵巳年書於京）

XX mean I can't know it  

the scroll mean best wishs for you

[imron]

爱丽克思 - Alex?

[Squish]

Wow you guys are awesome, thank you for all the responses! 

They were done for my sister and I overseas and I wanted to get them checked. The names are correct, Tony and Alex. 

Thank you guys so much for the help, much appreciated

[lingo-ling]

葵巳年書於京 "Written* in Beijing in 2013"

* or "calligraphed", if that's a word