我很高兴有机会向诸位介绍中国书法这一宝贵的文化遗产及其对中国旅游业的贡献。

中国有句古话是这样说的:“山不在高，有仙则名；水不在深，有龙则灵。”中国书法好似山上之仙、水中之龙。

中国书法同其他语言的书写形式有很大区别。汉字在其漫长的发展史中演化成许多不同的书写艺术形式,其中包括甲骨铭文、青铜器铭文、篆书、隶书、楷书、行书、草书的书写形式。

I am very pleased to have the opportunity to talk about Chinese calligraphy, a highly-valued Chinese cultural heritage, and its contribution to Chinese tourism.

An ancient Chinese saying goes that "Any mountain can be famous with the presence of an immortal, and any river can be holy with the presence of a dragon". Chinese calligraphy is like an immortal in a mountain and a dragon in a river.

Chinese calligraphy is very different from other forms of writing. During their long history of development Chinese characters have evolved and been written into many different artistic styles, including the inscriptions on bones or tortoise shells and on ancient bronze objects, the seal character, official script, regular script, running script and cursive script.

许多汉字属象形文字，常可从字的形状揣知其义。无论是刀刻书法还是笔墨书法都可以通过字形的夸张取得艺术效果。

因此书法一直是一门研究艺术。千百年来中国书法家倾注了大量的心血研究书法艺术的形式、规则及理论。他们的成果对朝鲜、日本和其他东南亚国家的汉字书法家产生了巨大的影响。这些国家的书法家经常不断地访问中国，探索书法艺术。

汉字的传统书法未受到外界的影响，这是我国的一大旅游资源。中国大多数旅游区都有不可胜数的铭文石碑（许多是刻在悬崖峭壁上的铭文）、匾额和厅堂卷轴对联。在以石碑闻名遐迩的桂林七星岩区域内，各个朝代的铭文随处可见。

Many Chinese characters are pictographs and often the meaning of a particular character is apparent in the pictorial form of the character. Calligraphy, whether done with a knife or brush, can be rendered in ways that exaggerate the form, consequently yielding effects of artistic beauty.

Calligraphy, therefore, has been traditionally a subject of artistic study. Down through the centuries Chinese calligraphers have devoted substantive attention to studying the forms, principles and theories pertinent to the art of calligraphy. Moreover, their works have significantly influenced calligraphers of Chinese characters in Korea, Japan and Southeast Asian countries. People from these countries regularly visit China studying calligraphic art.

Traditional Chinese calligraphy has not been influenced by the outside world. As a result, it constitutes a tourist resource. Most of the Chinese tourist areas have numerous inscribed tablets, including inscriptions on precipices, horizontal inscribed boards and couplets written on the scrolls hung on the pillars of halls. The Seven-Star Cave of Guilin, widely known as a sea of stelae, contains everywhere inscriptions from various dynasties.

旅游区的古代书法遗迹以碑林和石刻为主。例如，建于1091年的“西安碑林”区内还留有大量的周、秦时期的石刻作品。

对于那些有兴趣把书法作为一种艺术形式来研究的人士来说，曲阜孔庙和泰山岱庙里的石碑是必看无疑的。两处都存有数百件书法风格各异的石刻碑匾。

中国历史上许多诗人和高僧在浪迹名山时墨撒悬崖峭壁，以抒发感情。所幸的是，他们的许多作品均被完好地保存了下来。除了石碑岩崖作品外，在丝绸和纸张上行文留字则是更为常见的书法形式。

汉字书法无论以何种形式出现都将继续吸引海外游客。

Ancient calligraphy relics found in tourist areas primarily consist of tablet forests and stone cuts, for example, the Xi'an Tablet Forest, which was built in 1091, including a large number of stone cuts from the periods of Zhou (11th century - 256 BC) and Qin (221-206 BC).

The stelae in Qufu's Confucius Temple and Mount Tai's Dai Temple are undoubtedly visitors' choice for those interested in studying calligraphy as an art form. Each location contains several hundred tablets inscribed with various styles.

Historically, many poets and senior monks wrote inscriptions on precipices to express their feelings when they visited famous mountains. Fortunately, many of their works have been well preserved. In addition to stone tablets and inscriptions on mountain precipices, calligraphy has also been practiced as more popular forms of art with silk and paper.

Whatever the form, calligraphy of Chinese characters will continue to exert a magnetic influence on tourists to China.

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