Hello, this is Bamboo Cipher. Welcome to Chinese character arc, exploring the evolution of Chinese characters from oracle bone etchings to small seal script to digital text (both traditional and simplified).
I make these videos as a fun research project and to supplement my learning Chinese as a second language. No promises regarding the accuracy of my facts.

Waltz of the Flowers by Tchaikovsky
Love Letters by Aaron Kenny    / @contactkennya  

0:06 Christmas ⇔ Shèng dàn jié
https://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk//Lex...
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/圣
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/言
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/行
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/止
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/誕
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/竹
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/即
https://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk//Lex...

1:45 Christmas Eve ⇔ Píng ān yè
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/八
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/干
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/平
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/安
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/亦
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/夕
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/夜

2:34 Santa Claus ⇔ Shèng dàn lǎo rén
https://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk//Lex...
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/圣
https://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk//Lex...
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/老
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/人

3:18 Raindeer ⇔ Xùn lù
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/馬
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/川
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/馴
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/鹿

3:42 Christmas Tree ⇔ Shèng dàn shù
https://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk//Lex...
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/圣
https://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk//Lex...
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/木
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/尌
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/樹

4:38 Ornament ⇔ Zhuāng shì pǐn
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/爿
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/士
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/衣
https://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk//Lex...
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/食
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/人
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/巾
https://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk//Lex...
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/品

5:39 Wreath ⇔ Huā quān
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/艸
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/化
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/花
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/囗
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/釆
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/廾
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/𢍏
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/卩
https://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk//Lex...
https://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk//Lex...

6:47 Present ⇔ Lǐ wù
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/禮
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/物