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Dec. 4, 2023, 11:03 p.m.
A (troop / troupe of) dragon(s) tromping / flying
A (troop / troupe of) dragon(s) tromping / flying
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This is the theme of the forthcomingCCTV Spring Festival Galato ring in the new year of 2024: (source) The slogan reads: lóngxíng dádá ,xīnxīnjiāguó 「龍行龘龘,欣欣家國」 "The dragon(s) bound upward in flight, bringing joy to home and country." Since the repeated cha…

A (troop / troupe of) dragon(s) tromping / flying

Is anyone actually able to decipher the beautiful seal on the bottom left without knowing its meaning beforehand? Also, from a Western perspective, it is conspicuous how the whole phrase is symmetrical with the dragon corresponding to country. "Writing characters and writing letters" - please read carefully the remarks about swype typing of letters and entering characters with one's fingertip on the glass plate of a phone. Of course, despite the majority of patriotism- and national pride-infused eulogies on how complex hanzi could be and how this should make every Chinese excited about their culture's uniqueness, I still found some critical comments. "This dádá crap - whatever it is, there is an attitude reflected: The leitmotif artwork in China is already only for the benefit of certain interest groups instead of the public. Its end-products are not made for common people to enjoy, therefore they don't care about how common people would think." Let's face the reality how it's hated by all sides: the liberalists and even the pro-communist influencers within China, haha! As for the logo, which I believe to be in seal script, looks too much cramped. Chinese art values "Leaving blanks" very much and this logo is clearly the opposite of leaving any blank spaces for imagination - just like this jammed-up era with simply too much information for us to calm down and read for ourselves.

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