There is an interrelated phenomenon in the art field of the Chinese nation, especially in various arts centered on Chinese culture. Although their shapes and uses are different, and their expression methods and tools are different, the artistic flavor and interest of different kinds of art, that is, the characteristics of national character expressed, are similar in essence, such as architecture and clothing. The display of tables and chairs is called the keynote by the user; Even in the literary language, there have been four or six rows of even-numbered works that have never been seen in the languages of all nationalities in the world, and so on. This is the beauty of symmetry that is particularly emphasized in China culture. Therefore, the requirement of symmetry runs through most of this culture and art. Specifically, calligraphy and painting have some unique internal relations. For example, China's paintings are never "realistic" or even "evasive". Only one line is used to describe the characters, without the help of shadows, and a few lines are added to the cheeks to make the characters stand out, which is called "vivid". In the field of painting, the word "vivid" does not specifically refer to portraits, but is often used to describe other objects, such as "landscape vivid" and "flowers and birds vivid". This is not difficult to understand. The main purpose of using this word is to remove all the details of objects and images, but to grasp their overall points. Therefore, many "freehand brushwork" characters are not mistaken for cats and dogs by the audience; A touch of a distant mountain was not mistaken by the audience for a wet mark on the paper. Special attention should be paid to drawing tree trunks, flower heads, mountains and rivers, and clothes pleats. It is better not to be completely identical than to allow soft brushwork. Over time, after the appearance of China's paintings, especially literati paintings, the pursuit of pen and ink expression and appreciation became the main theme, and the similarity and awkwardness of objects were no longer concerned. Calligraphy is the simplest and most abstract art category in visual arts. It seems to be just the structure of calligraphy, strokes and rules of line spacing. In fact, in the development of Chinese characters and in the practice of calligraphy creation, a unique artistic image of "eclectic and divided into one" has long been formed. This unique artistic creation can be regarded as the ultimate expression of China's general requirement of "avoiding truth". Because of this, China's painting and calligraphy must have a more internal and profound relationship.
Critics of painting and calligraphy often cite the reason that "painting and calligraphy are of the same origin". Although the source is the same, the two kinds of art in front of them are in a flowing stage. Homologous is thousands of years ago. How come after thousands of years, they are still at the source and still call each other brothers? As mentioned above, it is because of the national characteristics of various arts of the Chinese nation, and also because calligraphy and painting have always emphasized and strengthened the expression of pen and ink, and there must be internal factors of convergence and integration. As early as the Tang Dynasty, Zhang Yanyuan pointed out in the Record of Famous Paintings in Past Dynasties that "calligraphy and painting are the same". Therefore, in the eyes of the creators and audiences of these two arts, they are all the same things that can satisfy the national aesthetics. As for the forms and methods of expression, they are secondary. Therefore, we can understand that, taking China's paintings as the language symbol, people not only compare with the paintings of the depicted objects, but also become sister art varieties, which are called "calligraphy and painting".
From the above description, we can know that China's paintings and calligraphy have formed a unique national art in the world art forest in the long-term historical development, with profound artistic traditions and distinctive national characteristics. Calligraphy in particular is a wonderful flower created by the Chinese nation. The formation of this national art is closely related to the development of China's social history, traditional academic thoughts, the blending of various national arts, and some artistic styles, characteristics, characteristics and appreciation habits of the Chinese nation. Generally speaking, China's calligraphy and painting are one of the artistic crystallization of China's civilization history. In ancient times, it had a far-reaching influence on countries and nations in the east of the world. In modern times, with the exchange of world culture, it spread to western countries in the world. It is precisely because China's paintings and calligraphy are a kind of materialized witness to the history of Chinese civilization that all his historical remains have become an integral part of all the precious cultural relics of the Chinese nation.