Hanging scroll

Hanging scroll
Chinese hanging scrolls on display
Chinese name
Chinese立軸[1]
掛軸[1]
軸[1]
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyinlìzhóu
guàzhóu
zhóu
Bopomofoㄌㄧˋㄓㄡˊ
ㄍㄨㄚˋㄓㄡˊ
ㄓㄡˊ
Yue: Cantonese
Yale Romanizationlahpjuhk
gwajuhk
juhk
Jyutpinglap6zuk6
gwaa3zuk6
zuk6
Canton Romanizationleb6zug6
gua3zug6
zug6
Southern Min
Hokkien POJli̍p-te̍k
kòa-te̍k
te̍k
Vietnamese name
Vietnamese alphabettranh cuộn
Chữ Nôm𢂰𦄣
Korean name
Hangul족자
Transcriptions
Revised Romanizationjogja
Japanese name
Kanji掛軸
Hiraganaかけじく
Katakanaカケジク
Transcriptions
Romanizationkakejiku

A hanging scroll is one of the many traditional ways to display and exhibit East Asian painting and calligraphy. They are different from handscrolls, which are narrower and designed to be viewed flat on a table.

Hanging scrolls are generally intended to be displayed for short periods of time, after which they are rolled up and tied for storage.[2][3] They are traditionally rotated according to season or occasion, rather than be on permanent display.[4] Their artwork could be mounted with decorative brocade silk borders.[3] The craft of creating a hanging scroll is considered an art in itself.[5]

  1. ^ a b c "立軸". National Palace Museum. Retrieved 16 August 2011.
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  3. ^ a b "A Look at Chinese Painting". The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
  4. ^ Andrews, Julia F. (1994). Painters and politics in the People's Republic of China: 1949 – 1979. Berkeley: University of California Press. p. 232. ISBN 978-0-520-07981-6.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference sze was invoked but never defined (see the help page).