What is plum blossom?

Plum blossom seal style

Plum seal script means that plum blossom is embedded in seal script, making it naturally become a whole. From a distance, it looks like a seal character dancing. From a close distance, it looks like a plum blossom in full bloom. Seal script is difficult to read, and with the embellishment of plum blossoms, it is even more difficult to understand, which adds to its obscure mystery. Like other fonts, seal script is not used as a common font and gradually withdraws from the historical stage. Plum blossom seal is not a simple "painting", it has strict stress, and "writing right, writing middle and returning right" is the key to its writing. China's 5,000-year history has left a splendid culture. As a treasure of folk culture, plum blossom seal script is a wonderful work in ancient calligraphy in China. The ancients had the habit of loving plum blossoms and appreciating Chinese characters, which endowed the plum blossom seal with vigorous and elegant cultural connotation. It is characterized by "flowers in the distance, characters in the flowers, flowers in the words and strong fonts", which skillfully combines seal script with plum blossom. It is a model of ancient calligraphy art in China, and it appeared as early as the Shang Dynasty in China and was engraved with plum blossom hieroglyphs. The characters of Mei Xi in Han Dynasty have become a good collection for appreciation. The famous calligrapher Lin Hejing once left a famous post called "Save Bows, Train Pang Zeng to Resist Extremism". After Emperor Taizong and Li Shimin ascended the throne, the event of "Plum Blossom Heroes" disturbing Kyoto happened in Chang 'an. The imperial edict was stolen, leaving three plum blossoms. The emperor was furious and ordered all the people who could write plum blossom seal script to be arrested. It was not until the Yuan and Ming Dynasties that Hua Kai's seal script was rediscovered. By the end of the Qing Dynasty, this art form was gradually lost. As an ancient calligraphy, plum blossom seal has always been full of mystery because it is difficult to understand. Because of this, in some novels, most unfathomable things are written in plum blossom seal script, which increases the mystery of plum blossom seal script. Yuan Honglun said that there are not many records about plum blossom seal characters in the calendar, and most of them are folklore. The only thing that can be tested in history is that during the Ming Wuzong period, Liu Jin, a great eunuch and traitor who was considered as one of the top ten sinners in history, was able to write plum blossom seal script with both hands. Other records appear either in folklore or in novels. In Yang Jiajiang's storytelling, the night judge Pan Hong mentioned that Kou Zhun could write; Luo Guanzhong mentioned in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms that Xu Shu's mother could write; In the legendary story about Wang Zhaojun, there is also Xu, the queen of Emperor Han Cheng, who can write down the beautiful plum blossom seal secretary; Chen Sanliang in Henan local opera can also write plum blossom seal script with both hands. Today, the tablet of Tao Te Ching written by Gao Wenju in Yuan Dynasty left by Louguantai National Forest Park in Shaanxi Province may be a typical representative of plum blossom seal script at present. It can be seen from these records that only a very knowledgeable person can know and write plum blossom seal script. In China, the "Plum Blossom Seal" in history experienced ups and downs in Shang, Han, Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties. Now it can be said that few people can write plum blossom seal script. In Zhengzhou, Henan Province, there is a folk artist who specializes in plum blossom seal script-Yuan Honglun. Because of its difficulty and high collection value, calligraphy has received special courtesy in Singapore, Japan, Brazil, the United States, Canada, France, South Korea, Vietnam and other countries. As long as there is a collection of Mei Xi characters, you can snap up the collection.