The “Baby Hair Brush” is made from the baby's first haircut and a specially selected brush holder engraved with his name, birthdate and words of well wishes and encouragement. As a tradition from the Tang Dynasty of China, such calligraphy brushes are presented to the baby to wish him or her health, happiness and fame in the future. Apparantly, you can really use these brushes to write chinese calligraphy. However, one would need to be highly skilled to use them, as baby's birth hair are very very soft!
As Isaac had loads of hair, we were persuaded by the company to make more brushes...We couldn't resist the temptation and had thus ordered three brushes in total! One each for each set of his grandparents, and one for him (the centre one). The one that we are presenting to him not only has his name engraved on the brushholder, but also our names.
Both of Isaac's grandmothers as well as ourselves had selected the Chinese words of encouragement to engrave on each brush. Our choices are as follow:
YL & Sze's choice: 鹏程万里, 智勇双全
(Translated as: Having a great future, equipped with wisdom & courage)
Paternal grandma: 虚怀若谷, 光明磊落
(Translated as: Humility in learning and righteousness)
Maternal grandma: 博学多才, 香飘四海
(Translated as: Knowledgeable, talented, and having a good reputation)
May Isaac truely live up to these hopes that we have for him... :)
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