Chinese language Day
The Chinese language day, celebrated on the 20-th of April 20, dates back to the memory of Tsang Jie, the founder of Chinese writing. According to legend, he was a court historiographer of the mythical emperor Juan Di and developed a set of icons, which later became the basis for hieroglyphs. This allowed to abandon the knot letter.
For the first time, the name of Tsang Jie is mentioned in the philosophical treatise of the 3rd century BC Xun-Tzu. There they say: "There have been numerous experiments in writing and spelling, but only the signs created by Tsang Jie have been adopted and are still there". Subsequently, the ancient scientist acquired the mythological features, he began to portray with four eyes, which symbolizes his particular insight.
Written Chinese is considered to be one of the most difficult in the world. To express all his wealth, about 80 thousand characters are used. However, in everyday life it is enough to use 3-5 thousand characters. In addition, it is one of the oldest languages that exist on the planet.
Chinese is the official language of the People's Republic of
On the Day of Chinese Language there are traditionally exhibits of works of art made by masters of the
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