At that time, the purpose of simplifying Chinese characters was to make hundreds of millions of people literate as soon as possible, improve the speed of using Chinese characters, improve the education level and facilitate students' study at school. Only on this basis can they learn science and technology and build a rich and powerful country.
Chinese characters have traditional and simplified characters since ancient times. Simplified forms of Chinese characters, such as "che", can be found in Oracle Bone Inscriptions and inscriptions on bronze. Later, after the official seal was changed, more and more words were written in two ways.
From the Six Dynasties to the Sui and Tang Dynasties, Chinese characters gradually changed from Li to Kai. At that time, perhaps for aesthetic symmetry, many ancient Chinese characters were added with strokes, while simplified characters began to be called "vulgar style", "lowercase" and "broken characters", which are still widely circulated among the people.
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After the implementation of simplified Chinese characters, many people can't understand the inscriptions on previous paintings, ancient books and historical sites, which will lead to the phenomenon of cultural fault, so they advocate "knowing the complexity is simple".
In other words, we should encourage writing simplified Chinese characters, but learn more about traditional Chinese characters. Just like reading classical Chinese after the implementation of vernacular Chinese. Many signboards in Chinese mainland often see traditional Chinese characters, such as China Bank, China Industrial and Commercial Bank, China Agricultural Bank, China Southern Airlines and Acer Computer. Christmas cards and New Year cards are mostly traditional Chinese characters, and plaques and calligraphy coexist.
In Beijing, the signboards of "China Haidian Book Shopping City" and "Art College" in Peking University have large embossed characters, and many signboards use more traditional Chinese characters for beauty. But textbooks, publishing houses and televisions all use simplified Chinese characters, but ancient books publishing houses also use traditional Chinese characters.
As a unique art, China's calligraphy is not restricted by simplified Chinese characters in Chinese mainland. Because calligraphy is an art, a unique art form in the world and a treasure of China culture.
The function of art is not to convey information and record history, so there is no need to use simplified words. In fact, cursive art is a simplified word. Simplifying a multi-stroke word and then expressing a beautiful form is by no means an easy task, which is itself an artistic re-creation.
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