Zhou, Shaodong (1968 ---) Character: Danran, Mark: Blackwater Lay. Mr. Zhou is the member of Chinese Calligraphers Association; the Senior In-structor of the of Painti-ng and calligraphy of the National Famous Paintings Art Association; the director of Chinese International Artists Association; t-he honorary vice president of the Chinese Culture Research Institute; the pre-sident of the World Heritage Famous Calligraphy Association. Since early c-hildhood, Mr. Zhou was influenced by his father, and he starts learning paint-ing and calligraphy since age four. Besides, Mr. Zhou engaged in arts educa-tion for many years, and he has covered a wide range of artistic fields, such as Painting, Calligraphy, Sculpture, Gendiao, Seal Cutting, Decorative Desig-n (free hands), and Photography.