(Baonghean.vn) - People in Thanh Duong commune, Thanh Chuong district often call Mr. Nguyen Huu Bay 'Mr. Bay Han Nom' because up to today, he has spent nearly 30 years passionately researching this field.
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Mr. Nguyen Huu Bay was a former Chinese teacher in Nam Dinh. With his knowledge, he studied Han Nom in depth. He collected ancient documents on Han characters and then "forged a pen" to write horizontal lacquered boards and parallel sentences. |
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Born into a Confucian family, his father had passed the regional examinations and was a knowledgeable person in the region. |
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Growing up, Mr. Bay still nurtured his passion for Chinese characters and became a Bachelor of Chinese at the University of Foreign Languages. From here, he constantly honed his abilities to not only enrich his knowledge but also practice his writing and translation skills. |
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Pen strokes of Mr. Nguyen Huu Bay. |
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Although he has turned 75, Mr. Bay is still diligently studying and constantly collecting valuable documents on Chinese characters. |
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One of the precious documents that he still keeps is nearly 100 years old, written and passed down by his father. |
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Not only does Mr. Bay have a deep knowledge of Chinese characters, he is also talented in writing Chinese characters. He also said that in the art of writing, there are 5 writing styles: Chan (also known as Khai), Trien, Le, Hanh and Thao, with their own specific rules of lines and ways of expression. |
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After he moved to Vinh city to live, many people still came to his house to ask him to write calligraphy on important occasions such as: housewarming, longevity celebration, scrolls or large letters... Amidst the hustle and bustle of the city, he still kept his simple loves and nurtured his passion to burn forever. |
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