Flower and bird characters & lt flower characters gt. Also known as dragon and phoenix calligraphy, blackboard calligraphy and painting, craftsman characters, dragon and phoenix characters, painting characters, variable painting characters and colorful artistic calligraphy. It is named because the strokes are mostly represented by flower-and-bird patterns. It takes characters as the carrier, and uses flowers, birds, grass, fish, insects, mountains, water, spirals and other patterns to replace the strokes of characters. It is composed according to basic glyphs and integrates calligraphy and painting, which is deeply loved by children.