Lu Xun, one of the most well-known(author) in modern China, once wrote that the beauty of Chinese characters is shown in three ways: the meaning inspires the mind, the sound (touch) the ear, and the appearance attracts the eyes. Inscriptions(题词) on animal bones date backmore than 3, 000 years ago. Chinese characters started as a pictographic(象形文字的)writing system,borrowed the shape of the sun, the moon, birds and wild animals.
In order to improve the sense of beauty and the(popular) of use, different forms of wring were created overtime, such as zhuanshu, lishu, caoshu and kaishu. Their beauty can be found(wide) in calligraphy nowadays.
Many characters not only have cultural meanings passed down for thousands of yearsalso indicate their pronunciations. As a whole, characters area symbol of Chinese civilization,(bridge) the past present and future.
With increasing number of foreigners learning both their mother tongues and Chinese, the Chinese culture is likely to be(well) and more generally recognized.
