Introduction to Korean calligraphy

In Korea, as in China and Japan, calligraphy has always been regarded as an art form. Korean calligraphy originated from the writing form of Chinese characters, and each Chinese character is an imaginary square composed of lines with different shapes, all to express a unique meaning. Koreans began to write in Chinese characters around the second or third century AD, although their own languages belong to a completely different system. Even after the creation of Korean alphabet Chinese characters in 1446, Chinese characters were still used as official characters until the end of 19. Traditional Korean calligraphy uses Chinese characters instead of Korean characters.