Image credit: Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre Venue: Level 6 Creative Box, Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre, 1 Straits Boulevard, Singapore 018906 Period: 16 Mar to 4 Apr 2021, 10 am to 8 pm daily Admission is free. Find out how classical Chinese poetry can be reimagined through a local lens when expressed through calligraphy at Poetic Strokes : Singapore’s Classical Chinese Poetry in Calligraphy. Presented by the Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre and National University of Singapore, the exhibition invites 10 local calligraphers including Choo Thiam Siew and Yong Cheong Thye to introduce fresh takes on 22 poems through artistic depictions of familiar landscapes from HDB flats and the Merlion, to our favourite tropical fruits and expressions of evolving sentiments and identities of the local Chinese. The selection comprises works from renowned poets who have lived in Singapore over the years, including Khoo Seok Wan, Huang Zunxian and Pan Shou. Pop by and discover Chinese poetry anew through calligraphic strokes of this place we call home. 10 Calligraphers: 胡长进 (Heu Chang Chin)、许梦丰 (Koh Mun Hong)、黄云兰 (Ng Hoon Lan)、沈松机 (Sim Soong Kee)、王运开 (Wong Joon Tai)、杨昌泰 (Yong Cheong Thye)、叶汉源 (Yap Hon Ngian)、尤东暐 (Yew Tong Wei)、周和顺 (Chew Ho Son)、朱添寿 (Choo Thiam Siew)  

诗人 Poet	诗名 Poem	书法年份/词作年份 Date of calligraphy/ Date of poem
胡长进 Chew Kok Chang	水龙吟‧红毛丹 Water Dragon Humming Verse – The Rambutan	书法年份：2020，词作年份：约 1960
许梦丰 Koh Mun Hong	秋兴 An Autumn Feeling	书法年份：2020 诗作年份：约 1976
方焕辉 Fang Huanhui	晚晴园怀古 Reminiscing Wan Qing Yuan	书法年份：2020 诗作年份：1984
胡超球 Hu Chaoqiu	游星洲虎豹別墅 An Excursion at Singapore’s Haw Par Villa	书法年份：2020 诗作年份：1948
左秉隆 Zuo Binglong	园多异木奇果编以成诗 A Poem for the Exotic Garden	书法年份：2020 诗作年份：约 1910
邱菽园 Khoo Seok Wan	晚过嘉东 Passing Through Katong at Night	书法年份：2020 诗作年份：1910
庄祖邦 Chng Tsu Pang	鱼尾狮 The Merlion	书法年份：2020 诗作年份：2014
黄遵宪 Huang Zunxian	〈新嘉坡杂诗〉其九 Miscellaneous Poem of Singapore, No. 9	书 法年 份：2020 诗作 年份：约 1891-1894
邱菽园 Khoo Seok Wan	星岛 Singapore	书法年份：2020 诗作年份：1940
叶秋涛 Ye Qiutao	怀乡 Thinking of Hometown	书法年份：2020 诗作年份：不详
潘受 Pan Shou	榴梿 Durians	书法年份：2020 诗作年份：1961
邱菽园 Khoo Seok Wan	嘉东雨 Rains in Katong	书法年份：2020 诗作年份：1940
潘受 Pan Shou	题陈宗瑞画海隅水厝 On Chen Zong Rui’s Painting “The Huts by The Sea”	书法年份：2020 诗作年份：1950 及 约 1980
潘受 Pan Shou	众花 Plenty of Flowers	书法年份：2020 诗作年份：1950 及 约 1980
谢松山 Xie Songshan	足疾兼旬医者以糖尿症切戒饭酒及 甜品戏成四绝 Four Quatrains about a diabetic patient quitting rice, wine and dessert.	书法年份：2020 诗作年份：1948
黄遵宪	〈新嘉坡杂诗〉其十 Miscellaneous Poem of Singapore, No. 10	书法年份：2020 诗作年份：1891- 1894
邱菽园 Khoo Seok Wan	移植 Transplantation	书法年份：2020 诗作年份：1891- 1894
邱菽园 Khoo Seok Wan	椰树分成行列 Coconut Trees in Formation	书法年份：2020 诗作年份：1913
潘受 Pan Shou	新加坡植物园茗坐 Singapore Botanical Garden Tea House	书法年份：2020 诗作年份：1952
左秉隆 Zuo Binglong	游廖埠（二首之二） From Liao Island to Singapore	书法年份：2020 诗作年份：约 1890
林立 Lam Lap	屈指 Counting on My Fingers	书法年份：2019 诗作年份：2015

  For more information, please visit https://singaporeccc.org.sg/events/poetic-strokes-singapores-classical-chinese-poetry-in-calligraphy/.