I have always been fascinated by calligraphy. So when I saw a man doing water calligraphy by the lake at Peking University I was really excited. He introduced himself as one of the professors at Beida (short version of the Chinese name for Peking University) and then he apologized for how messy the calligraphy he was writing with his left hand was (I couldn't notice any difference).The calligraphy was beautiful, and although he wrote each character very quickly, each one was as perfect as the one before.
I love moments like these in Beijing. People in China have been so welcoming. He simply talked with my roommates and I for several minutes about water caligraphy. He then asked us if we wanted anything written and showed us a few different characters.
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