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Chinese - Chinese Calligraphy (書法) Mystery Cache

Hidden : 3/30/2023
Difficulty:
4.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:


Chinese calligraphy (書法 / 书法, literally 'way/method/law of writing) is the writing of Chinese characters (漢字 / 汉字) as an art form, combining purely visual art and interpretation of the literary meaning. This type of expression has been widely practiced in China and has been generally held in high esteem across East Asia. Calligraphy is considered one of the four most-sought skills and hobbies of ancient Chinese literati, along with playing stringed musical instruments, the board game "Go", and painting. (ref: wiki)

Just as Roman letters have a characteristic shape (lower-case letters mostly occupying the x-height, with ascenders or descenders on some letters), Chinese characters occupy a more or less square area in which the components of every character are written to fit in order to maintain a uniform size and shape, especially with small printed characters in Ming and sans-serif styles. Because of this, beginners often practise writing on squared graph paper, and the Chinese sometimes use the term "Square-Block Characters" (方塊字 / 方块字), sometimes translated as tetragraph, in reference to Chinese characters. (ref: wiki)

File:Mi Fu-On Calligraphy.jpg - Wikimedia Commons

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For the puzzle (if you can find the puzzle):

You may think those are chinese charactors, and you may ask your chinese friend to translate them. Do not bother. It won't work. You don't need to learn chinese to decode it. If you can read this, you can decode it. (extra hint: Chinese word is also called square word)

For the cache:

It's easy to find the cache at GZ, considering the cache size. But please rember: sign THE log sheet, to claim the find.  (extra hint: 90% chance working)

Please switch to stealth mode while taking/replacing this cache. Lid in first. Cover it well. Thanks!

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Thanks for your favourite point:

Brad&Janet

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OZGrumpy

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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Unir lbh abgvprq gur rkgen uvagf? (C1) ybbxf yvxr Puvarfr, ohg abg. (C2) jung'f gur qverpgvba gb ernq genqvgvbany Puvarfr? (P1) rkcrpg gur harkcrpgrq. (P2) pybfr gur yvq cebcreyl. yvq va svefg. pbire vg jvgu gur ebpx. Gunaxf!

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)