Ancient books have many seals.

When we go to the post office to get letters or sign contracts, we often need to stamp, and these stamps often represent a kind of credit and commitment. In many ancient paintings and calligraphy, we can often see them stamped with seals. This is not for a promise now, but to prove that this calligraphy and painting was created by myself. Therefore, many calligraphers or painters in China often carry seals. And these seals also make the composition of calligraphy and painting more natural to some extent.

When the ancients created paintings and calligraphy, they sometimes stamped their own seals in order to balance and stabilize the composition. At the same time, the author will stamp his nickname and other seals according to his own environment or creative interest, which can also express the author's thoughts and feelings to some extent. For example, Mi Fei, a famous calligrapher in the Song Dynasty, likes to cover up his works? Xiangyang is full of life? Such a seal, because his native place is Xiangyang, Hubei. So these seals can also reflect the author's ambition or his own origin.

In addition, we can see many seals in some long-standing works, and the names of these seals are also different. This is because this work may have been collected by many people, and these collectors generally like to stamp their works and leave their names. This also shows that I can quietly witness the appearance and spread of the works. Most of these seals were stamped after the Song and Yuan Dynasties. These seals complement each other with calligraphy and painting, making calligraphy and painting more historical.

Therefore, the paintings and calligraphy we see in many museums will have seals, one is to show who the author is, and the other is to convey our thoughts or interests. Or collect it to show that you once owned this work. So we will see seals on ancient paintings and calligraphy.