Haige International Hotel Beijing: A Calligraphy Shop
Close to Haige International Hotel Beijing, there is a famous culture street named Liulichang. Lots of interesting antique, art and handicrafts shops can be found on this street. Mr. Xu Bi's calligraphy shop is a unique one.
The middleaged Mr. Xu started to learn calligraphy at the age of six. He is good at writing tiny and huge Chinese characters. His large writing brush weighs 4.5 kg, or 10 pounds. Using it, he can write a Chinese character 7 feet tall and 3 feet wide.
The tiny characters he writes are as small as an ant. He uses the tip of a brush to write these tiny characters.
Mr. Xu's shop offers a special service: designing signatures for customers.
From Haige International Hotel Beijing, you can walk to this shop to watch on the spot how Mr. Xu uses his large heavy writing brush to write Chinese characters.
