The Calligraphy of San Francisco Chinatown
- 140 pages
- 5 hours of reading
Generations of tourists have wandered through Chinatown, gazed at the profusion of calligraphy, and wondered what it all means. Are the characters pictures, words or some form of alphabet? There are many books on Chinese calligraphy as fine art, but none that but it into the context of everyday Chinese life, or as a unique expression of American culture.
