《世说新语·合体字》A New Account of Tales of the World: Composite Characters

《世说新语·合体字》在漳州古城现场展开，以合体字作为当代书写方法，把古典典故、互联网时代的文字游戏和古城公共空间中的节庆观看连接起来。

合体字把多个语义、多个词语、多个声音压缩到一个字形中。它既像灯谜，也像招牌，既保留书法的身体性，又进入街头、店铺、廊亭和人群的日常观看。

项目的缘起，来自2024年春节前在西安栗园坡村书写春联时对吉祥合体字传统的重新激活。传统合体字如“黄金万两”“金玉满堂”“招财进宝”等，多在春节场景中出现；邱志杰把这种民间文字机制转向当代网络流行语，创造出“六边形战士”“为爱发电”“霸道总裁”“躺平”“上岸”“单身狗”等新造合体字。

大年初九回到漳州后，项目迅速转为元宵节现场展览。艺术家在短时间内继续造字、书写、拍摄并发送到漳州，最终形成约250个字，其中加入大量闽南语和地方内容，如“爱拼才会赢”“酒国英雄”“开漳大吉”“片仔癀草甘蔗汁”“豆花粉丝”等。

元宵节期间，漳州文旅团队把合体字布置到古城街巷、店铺和公共节点中。KT板、移动展板、喷绘和红色方形装置共同形成一种低成本、高传播度的公共书写现场，也让合体字在游客打卡、自媒体传播和地方消费空间中迅速扩散。

起名为“世说新语”，是因为项目大量书写网络流行文化梗。合体字的基本方法不是简单把几个字挤在一起，而是共用偏旁部首或笔画，在结构与书法动态之间重新分配语义。它既延续汉字由偏旁部首堆栈组合的构造原则，也把这种原则转化为当代公共艺术的现场方法。

题头图和现场图记录了2024年漳州古城现场：红色方形装置悬挂在传统建筑与夜间灯火之间，书写不再只是纸面作品，而成为公共空间中可以被路人遇见、拍照、阅读和误读的现场。

A New Account of Tales of the World: Composite Characters is a public calligraphy project in Zhangzhou Ancient City. It uses composite characters as a contemporary writing method, connecting classical allusion, internet-era language play, and festive viewing in an old urban site.

Composite characters compress multiple meanings, words, and voices into a single written form. They resemble riddles and signs at the same time, keeping the bodily force of calligraphy while entering streets, shops, corridors, and ordinary public attention.

The project grew out of the artist's Spring Festival couplet writing in Liyuanpo, Xi'an, where traditional auspicious composite characters were reactivated and redirected toward contemporary internet phrases and local speech.

In Zhangzhou, the project was rapidly developed for the Lantern Festival. Around 250 newly made characters were produced, including Minnan expressions and local references such as Aipin Caihui Ying, Jiuguo Yingxiong, Kaizhang Daji, and names of local foods and shops.

Installed throughout Zhangzhou Ancient City, the works turned writing into an inexpensive but highly visible public event. KT boards, mobile display panels, printed signs, and red square calligraphic objects connected tourists, shops, social media, and local festival atmosphere.

The title refers to the classical text A New Account of Tales of the World while also pointing to contemporary popular sayings. The method is not simply to squeeze several characters together; it relies on shared radicals and strokes, redistributing meaning through structure and calligraphic movement.

The header and gallery images record the 2024 site: red square calligraphic objects hang between traditional architecture and night lighting. Writing is no longer only a work on paper; it becomes something encountered, photographed, read, and misread in public space.

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