In this sense, it is more meaningful to study characters, especially calligraphy. Calligraphy is one of the quintessence of China culture, and it is a plastic art with Chinese characters as the object of expression. Chinese characters are the carrier of calligraphy creation. From this perspective, there is no difference between writing and calligraphy.
Because of this, in daily life, people often mistakenly think that writing is calligraphy and calligraphy is writing, and equate the two. In fact, this is an incorrect view.
Although both of them are based on Chinese characters, they have clear boundaries and essential differences. Writing focuses on practical needs; Calligraphy is the expression of calligrapher's temperament and thoughts, to meet the aesthetic needs of the audience, and it is a unique art form in China. This paper discusses the differences and relations between writing and calligraphy. ?
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The difference between writing and calligraphy
(A) the differences in forms of expression
Writing is the expression of calligraphy, but writing is not calligraphy. In the practice of study and life, writing has a fixed pattern to follow, but calligraphy lacks thousands of etiquette. In the process of calligraphy creation, it embodies the creator's talent, emotion and aesthetic taste. Through the process of calligraphy creation, the flesh-and-blood calligraphy works are presented to the audience, to themselves and to history.
Just as Han Yu said in the article "Preface to Send an Elder Idle Person", "The joys and sorrows, joys and sorrows, complaining about others, longing for drunkenness, boredom and injustice are all inevitable in the first book." Writing is to record life and things, so writing does not belong to the category of art, and calligraphy is to bring aesthetic enjoyment to the audience. No matter when and where, calligraphy belongs to a member of the Star River of Art. ..
(B) differences in learning requirements
You can write by lifting the pen. Generally speaking, when writing, as long as the length and thickness of strokes and the width and width of glyphs do not violate the basic structural habits of words, it will not hinder its function, so there is no special requirement and technology for writing itself, and it can be called writing, whether it is good or bad.
Calligraphy is very different. The development of the art of calligraphy has gone through thousands of years. After vicissitudes, apathy and time flies, certain norms have been formed and precipitated.