The Origin of China's Calligraphy

Five thousand years of splendid civilization and unparalleled rich written records have been recognized by the world. In this profound historical river, China's calligraphy and painting art reproduces this diachronic evolution process with its unique artistic form and artistic language. In the historical evolution, calligraphy and painting, a sister art, explained the traditional cultural connotation of China with its complementarity and independence. Because the tools and materials used in the creation of books and paintings are the same. When talking about the origin of ancient Chinese characters and paintings in China, he said: "At that time, books and paintings were the same, but there was no difference. The image system is too subtle to convey its meaning, so there are books; There is no way to see its shape, so there are paintings. " Although calligraphy and painting are homologous and comparable, their future development and changes are complementary and independent.

The formation and development of China's calligraphy art is closely related to the emergence and evolution of Chinese characters. So what exactly is "calligraphy"? We can understand it from its nature, aesthetic characteristics, source and unique performance. Calligraphy is an abstract symbolic art based on Chinese characters and written with a brush, which has four-dimensional characteristics. It embodies the basic law of the "unity of opposites" of all things, and reflects the spirit, temperament, knowledge and cultivation of people as the main body.

China's writing originated very early, and it developed the writing of writing into an aesthetic stage-it integrated the creator's ideas, thinking and spirit, and it can stimulate the aesthetic feeling of the aesthetic object (that is, the formation of a real sense of calligraphy). Records can be traced from the end of Han Dynasty to Wei and Jin Dynasties (about the second half of the 2nd century to the 4th century). However, this is not to ignore, dilute or even deny the artistic value and historical position of the previous calligraphy art form.

The origin of China's characters and the appearance of early works with artistic characteristics have their particularity and times. As far as calligraphy is concerned, although there were pictographic characters-Oracle Bone Inscriptions in the early characters, the complexity and simplicity of the same character were different, and the strokes were also different. However, there is a law of symmetrical balance, and there are also some regular factors such as pen (knife), word knot and composition. Moreover, in the organization of lines, the beginning and end of strokes change, showing the meaning of calligraphy and strokes. Therefore, it can be said that the emergence and existence of the previous generation of calligraphy art not only belongs to the category of calligraphy history, but also is an important example for future generations to learn from and think about in the development and evolution of art forms.