Quirky China – swimming ‘calligraphy’, coinage angers court, woman works while poisoned
- Swimmer ‘writes’ in lake, court fury as man pays fine in coins, poisoned woman alarms colleagues
We all need a dose of the unusual from time to time.
So here, the Post takes a look at some of the stranger news items to have come out of China in recent days.
Water writer
Residents in eastern China’s Zhejiang province were stunned to see a man writing calligraphy under water using his smartwatch.
The device records his swimming routes, or trails, which form the shape of Chinese characters, and it can take an hour to complete a complicated character, the media outlet City Express reported.
The man, surnamed Sheng, who has been creating the unique art in Guazhu Lake for three years, said he noticed other people’s swimming trails were “boring” straight lines, and wanted his lines to be more vivid.
He began swimming to outline simple patterns like circles and five-point stars before challenging himself to write Chinese characters with his routes.
