Down, Across and In The Round

Entry posted by mungouk September 10, 2020 at 07:38 PM

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Again, not really a sign as such but on a simple level I love the way this document's function affects the way it looks.

Plus it also shows hanzi going vertically as well as horizontally, which is a topic that come up from time to time.

Question: What's the other script, and what kind of document is this? (Click picture to enlarge.)

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Caption: "A petition against changes to education policy signed by all the residents of Dalanhua Village, Chifeng Municipality, Inner Mongolia.

The circular style imitates that of duguilang resistance groups in pre-revolutionary times. Photo via Made in China."

From Ethnic Mongols protest Beijing’s push for Mandarin-only classes, SupChina, 1 Sep 2020.

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