The correct format for the twelfth lunar month of the year of Xin Chou in calligraphy and painting is: the twelfth lunar month of the year of Xin Chou Ox.
1. Differentiation of the time of inscription of calligraphy works: the nickname of the year is based on the ten heavenly stems (A, B, B, Ding, Wu, Ji, Geng, Xin, Ren, Gui) and the twelve earthly branches ( Zi, Chou, Yin, Mao, Chen, Si, Wu, Wei, Shen, You, Xu, Hai). 2. It is composed of the year of Jiazi, the year of Yichou, the year of Bingyin, etc. It takes 60 years to get a Jiazi year. For example, 2002 is the year of Renwu, 2003 is the year of Guiwei, and 2004 is the year of Guiwei. Jiashen year, and so on.
Signature rules:
Calligraphy signatures include not only the tail, but also all the writing content of the author's calligraphy work except the main text. Including: the source of the text, the recipient of the gift, the creation time, the author's name, the font size, etc.
The font for the signature is usually official script, not official script, and regular script is not used for the signature. It means "the text is ancient and modern" and "the text is genuine and modern". The main text is in oracle bone inscriptions, bronze inscriptions, large and small seal scripts, and the inscription can be done in seal script, Zhang Cao, regular script, or running script; if the main text is in official script, regular script, or Wei stele, the inscription can be in regular script or running script. The most commonly used signature font is running script, which is both easy to recognize and lively.