The characteristics of the five major calligraphy styles in the high school entrance examination are as follows:
1. Seal script
Seal script is divided into large seal script and small seal script. The large seal script was a common font before the Qin Dynasty, while the small seal script was a standard font common in the Qin Dynasty after Qin Shihuang unified the six kingdoms. Pictogram is the first characteristic of seal characters; the second characteristic of seal characters is that the strokes have twists and turns, and all turning strokes are circular; the third characteristic of seal characters is that the center of the strokes is round, and the beginning and end of the strokes are in a round shape. Round.
2. Official script
Official script, also known as "official script", is the second style of writing in my country since the beginning of writing. Its typical brushwork has a wave potential and uses a picking method, which is commonly known as "silkworm head and phoenix tail".
3. Regular script
Regular script, also known as "official script", has been the modern calligraphy style in my country since the late Han Dynasty and the Wei and Jin Dynasties, and is the third largest calligraphy style. Regular script has three major characteristics: first, the strokes are straight and neat in structure; second, the strokes are regular; third, the starting and ending strokes are folded in three, and the stroke is in the center, which is a typical writing technique of regular script.
4. Cursive script
Zhangcao and Jincao are the two major categories of cursive script, representing the two major stages of cursive script development. Zhangcao evolved from official script, and today's cursive script evolved from Zhangcao. Today's grass can be divided into small grass, large grass and walking grass.
5. Running script
Running script evolved from regular script. The characteristic of running script is that it is neither regular script nor cursive script, and is somewhere between regular script and regular script. Seal script, official script, and regular script script each have certain rules, but running script does not have certain calligraphy. Running script is the font that best combines practicality and artistry.