Sohyang Gallery in Bucheon City Exhibit 30 Calligraphic Works and Oriental Paintings Till May 3

Sohyang Gallery in Bucheon City Exhibit 30 Calligraphic Works and Oriental Paintings Till May 3

"Meet Spring with the Scent of a Chinese Ink on the Four Gracious Plants"

Sohyang Gallery in Sosa-gu Office, Bucheon City is supposed to host an exhibition for oriental paintings and calligraphic works, of which the theme is <People having dreams and Welfare Center where their dreams come true>, till March 3, 2013.

The oriental paintings mean paintings about the Four Gracious Plants; A plum-blossom, an orchid, a chrysanthemum and a bamboo. Calligraphy is the art of producing beautiful handwriting using a brush or a special pen. When it comes to the Four Gracious Plants, Korean people often mention the Four Friends in the Writing Room; An ink stick, an inkstone  on which an ink stick is ground to make ink, a writing brush and traditional Korean paper handmade from mulberry trees.

This exhibition was prepared by twenty senior citizens who are participating classes like Oriental Painting, Calligraphy for Korean Letters, and Calligraphy for Chinese Letters in Sosa Senior Community Welfare Center. They've learned and practiced calligraphy and oriental paintings, and completed thirty works for this exhibition. 

There will be shown oriental paintings of a plum-blossom, a orchid, a chrysanthemum and a bamboo, and calligraphic works about famous sayings and good phrases in Buddhist scriptures and the Bible.

Yeongseon Lee, an instructor of a calligraphy class in Sosa Senior Community Welfare Center, said "We have run classes about calligraphy and oriental paintings for senior citizens. Every year we've had an exhibition for oriental paintings and calligraphic works. It's not easy to prepare the exhibition but we've tried to make works for this exhibition for one month."

Jinho Choi, the team leader of Team of Management of Real Estate in Sosa-gu Office, said "It's April full of Spring. I hope citizens can enjoy the oriental paintings and calligraphic works in Sohyang Gallery in Sosa-gu Office, Bucheon City."

The open hour is from 9 AM to 6 PM every day. For more information, contact Department of Management of Land in Sosa-gu Office, of which the phone number is +82-32-625-6123, or twit them @bc-sosaminwon.

<photo 1: People watch calligraphic works which are displayed in Sohyang Gallery in Sosa-gu Office, Bucheon City. A district office of Bucheon City, Sosa-gu Office is holding an exhibition displaying oriental paintings and calligraphic works which senior citizens have drawn.>