Boys aged 3 and 8 captivate China with amazing calligraphy skills in viral social media videos
- Videos of two boys writing advanced calligraphy have gone viral on mainland social media
- The boys, who are cousins, have parents who practise calligraphy
Two calligraphers in China, just three and eight years old, have astounded people with their mastery of the ancient and highly skilled art form.
A series of videos featuring three-year-old Gao Yubo and his eight-year-old cousin Gao Yuxuan, from Qiqihar in Heilongjiang, northeastern China, practising calligraphy with large writing brushes went viral on mainland social media this month.
The mother of three-year-old Yubo, surnamed Miao, said her son and Yuxuan began to do calligraphy after being influenced by some family members who also practised the art form.
“The youngsters learned how to write calligraphy by mimicking us adults because both Yuxuan’s parents and my husband and I are calligraphers,” Miao said, in an interview with Sohu Video.
“To them, it might feel like playing a game.”
Miao said her son occasionally gets up at midnight to do calligraphy because of his passion for it.
“He once got up at midnight to use the bathroom and then decided to practise calligraphy,” Miao said. “He then went directly to pick up the brush and began writing, and told us that he would go to sleep after finishing writing a character.”
