WELCOME BACK.
CHINESE NEW YEAR IS THIS
SATURDAY AND IT WILL BE THE YEAR
OF THE RAT.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO RECEIVE
GOOD FORTUNE FOR THE NEW YEAR,
WE HAVE SOMEONE VERY SPECIAL YOU
SHOULD SEE.
JOINING US IN STUDIO IS A
CHINESE CALLIGRAPHER.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH
US.
TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
YOURSELF.
HOW DID YOU GET INTO
CALLIGRAPHY?
I STARTED LEARNING CHINESE
CALLIGRAPHY WHEN I WAS EIGHT
YEARS OLD.
I HAVE BEEN PRACTICING EVER
SINCE.
I HAVE BEEN UNDER DIRECTIONS BY
TWO DIFFERENT MASTERS FROM THE
AGE OF EIGHT UNTIL THE AGE OF
20.
IT IS SUCH A BEAUTIFUL ART
FORM >>.
I LOVE IT.
TELL US ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE
OF CALLIGRAPHY DURING A CHINESE
NEW YEAR.
WELL, PEOPLE ALWAYS LIKE THE
COLOR RED DURING THE CHINESE NEW
YEAR, SO THEY WANT TO HAVE
RED
SIGNALING GOOD LUCK AND FORTUNE.
THEY WANT TO HANG ON THE TWO
SIDES OF THE DOOR.
WE HAVE GOOD FORTUNE WRITTEN IN
THE RED PAPER.
WE WANT GOOD FORTUNE AT THE
BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.
THAT WOULD BE THESE TWO
RIGHT HERE.
YES.
LET'S SEE YOUR WORK.
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO WRITE FOR
US TODAY?
I HEARD YOU ARE GETTING
MARRIED.
I AM.
I'M GOING TO WRITE A GOOD
FORTUNE FOR YOU.
I THINK I PICKS THE ONE,
SOMETHING ABOUT A MATCH MADE IN
HEAVEN, BEING A GOOD MATCH.
LET ME WRITE THAT FOR YOU.
DID IT TAKE YOU A LONG TIME
TO MASTER THE ART OF
CALLIGRAPHY?
I DID START WHEN I WAS EIGHT
YEARS OLD.
I HAVE BEEN PRACTICING OVER 30
YEARS.
WOW.
SO BEAUTIFUL.
ALMOST RELAXING, IT LOOKS LIKE.
YES, IT IS.
SO, HOW MONEY CHARACTERS ARE
YOU WRITING FOR THIS ONE?
I'M WRITING FOUR CHARACTERS.
CAN YOU TALK ABOUT WHAT THE
SAYING IS IN CHINESE?
IT MEANS, THIS WORD I'M
WRITING MEANS HEAVEN.
OK.
WHAT ABOUT THIS ONE?
THIS ONE MEANS DESTINY.
IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL.
JUST WATCHING YOUR STROKES.
YOU HAVE TO CONCENTRATE DOING
THIS OR DOES IT COME PRETTY
NATURALLY TO YOU NOW?
PRETTY NATURALLY.
HOWDY SAY THIS PHRASE IN
CHINESE?
[SPEAKING CHINESE]
VERY GOOD.
SO BEAUTIFUL.
THAT'S IT?
THAT'S IT.
WHAT WAS THE TRANSLATION
AGAIN?
THAT MEANS HEAVEN.
WELL, DESTINY, AND A PERFECT
MATCH.
A MATCH MADE IN HEAVEN.
THAT IS SO BEAUTIFUL.
I'M GOING TO SHOW EVERYONE.
WHAT WOULD YOU DO WITH THIS NOW?
SO, THIS ONE I WOULD
RECOMMEND HANGING IT IN YOUR
LIVING ROOM.
SO YOU CAN SEE IT EVERY DAY.
THEN LATER IN YOUR MARRIAGE,
YOUR PARTNER, AND ALSO A GOOD
FORTUNE FOR THE REST OF THE
YEAR.
I'M GOING TO KEEP THIS UP IN
MY LIVING ROOM.
YOU SET FOR THE WHOLE YEAR.
FOR THE WHOLE YEAR.
YOU HAVE ONE OTHER THING YOU
ARE GOING TO SHOW US.
WHAT ARE THESE ONES?
THIS IS A TRADITIONAL --
SHOULD I SHOW THE AUDIENCE?
GO AHEAD.
THIS IS WHAT I'M GOING TO
WRITE.
THIS WORD IS UPSIDE DOWN.
I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU THE WORD
THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE THIS WAY.
MEANS GOOD LUCK.
THE REASON WHY WE ARE HANGING IT
UPSIDE DOWN IS BECAUSE THE
CHINESE WORD FOR ARRIVE IS
THE
SAME PRONUNCIATION IS UPSIDE
DOWN.
THE GOOD LUCK HAS ARRIVED.
I SEE.
WHAT IS THE WORD IN CHINESE?
GOOD LUCK.
FORTUNE.
YOU HANG THIS UPSIDE DOWN FOR
THE WHOLE YEAR?
FOR THE WHOLE YEAR AS WELL.
BEAUTIFUL.
CAN YOU WRITE ONE MORE THING?
I'M GOING TO WRITE THIS ONE.
IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL TO
WATCH.
I TOOK CHINESE CLASSES IN HIGH
SCHOOL AND COLLEGE.
I TOOK A COUPLE OF CALLIGRAPHY
CLASSES.
MINE WAS NOT THIS BEAUTIFUL.
THAT MEANS GOOD LUCK?
YES.
THEN WE DO IT IN ONE
STROKE.
ONE STROKE.
YOU ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO LIFT
YOUR PEN.
IN THE STYLE.
CORRECT.
IF ANYONE WATCHING WANTS TO
GET SOME OF THESE GOOD LUCK
CALLIGRAPHY FOR THE YEAR, HOW
CAN THEY FIND YOU?
ARE YOU GOING TO BE AROUND TOWN?
YES.
THE CHINESE NEW YEAR IS THIS
COMING WEEK.
I WILL BE AT THE SHOPPING
CENTER, ALUM ALANA.
I WILL ALSO BE IN WAIKIKI.
FEBRUARY 8,
I WILL BE IN KOKO
MARINA SHOPPING CENTER.
PEOPLE CAN PICK UP A PHRASE
AND HANG IT UP FOR THE YEAR.
AND IT IS FREE.
IT IS FREE.
I'M GOING TO KEEP THIS ONE.
BACK TO YOU, BRIDGET.
BRIGETTE: I WISH I WAS THAT
TALENTED.
SO BEAUTIFUL.
ANYTHING ARTISTIC I'M SO BAD AT.
[LAUGHTER]
I'M NOT GOOD AT THAT EITHER!
WHENEVER I SEE SOMEONE THAT
CAN DO IT I'M IMPRESSED.
WE NEED TO GET SOME LESSONS.