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Apple Posts Video of Chinese Mural Being Painted for Upcoming Hangzhou Store [Watch]

Posted January 20, 2015 at 8:07pm by iClarified · 10367 views
Apple has posted a video of famous calligrapher Wang Dongling creating a mural for the front of the upcoming Hangzhou Store in China.

The mural features a poem by Chinese poet Su Shi of the Song Dynasty, according to reddit member studyro. It's difficult to translate to English while preserving its charm; however, translator Lin Yutan offers the following translation:

The light of water sparkles on a sunny day,
and misty mountains lend excitement to the rain.
I like to compare the west lake to "Miss West".
Pretty in a gay dress,and pretty in simple again.


The poem was likely selected as it refers to West Lake, a freshwater lake in Hangzhou that has influenced poets and painters throughout China's history.

Take a look at the video below...

[via BI]