• Starting today August 7th, 2024, in order to post in the Married Couples, Courting Couples, or Singles forums, you will not be allowed to post if you have your Marital status designated as private. Announcements will be made in the respective forums as well but please note that if yours is currently listed as Private, you will need to submit a ticket in the Support Area to have yours changed.

Chinese Characters tell the creation story

Status
Not open for further replies.

juvenissun

... and God saw that it was good.
Apr 5, 2007
25,452
805
73
Chicago
✟138,626.00
Country
United States
Faith
Baptist
Marital Status
Married

A few interesting observations:

Mongols conquered the middle and western Asia before they entered China. Whatever they got from the west, it did not make a dent to the Chinese culture. On the contrary, they were assimilated by China in merely a few tens of year. So the Mongolian calligraphy (as shown by Assyrian) had zero effect to Chinese calligraphy. Besides, most Chinese characters were made way before the Mongolian invasion.

Jewish people arrived to China 1000+ years earlier than Mongols (amazing). They established Jewish religion in China with a Chinese format (one of the tourist attractions at Xian, along with the Terracotta Army). I guess they (might be fewer than 100 people) could have more profound influence to the development of Chinese characters than Mongols.
 
Upvote 0
Status
Not open for further replies.