Many parents are asking this question. At what age is it better for children to start learning calligraphy? Actually, this varies from person to person. Ms. Sun Xiaoyun, vice chairman of China Calligraphers Association and chairman of Jiangsu Calligraphers Association, began to write calligraphy at the age of three. Some online calligraphy prodigies began to learn calligraphy at the age of two or three. Is it true that all people can learn to write at the age of two or three like them? The answer is obviously no, why?
First, family upbringing is different. Ms Sun Xiaoyun lives in a scholarly family and a calligrapher's family. Her grandparents practiced calligraphy and didn't achieve much. Many calligraphy prodigies on the Internet are from scholarly families. The previous generation had a great influence on their learning calligraphy. This is like a person born in a martial arts family. He likes martial arts subtly and has a stronger interest than ordinary people. Calligraphy is similar. A person comes from a scholarly family and a calligraphic family, and he or she will fall in love with writing subtly in his or her heart, and will also have a very strong interest. Interest is the best teacher and interest is the best motivation. And this interest can be influenced. The interest in learning calligraphy can be influenced by the family environment and people around you. You were born in this family, influenced by this family, and influenced by the interests of your grandparents and parents. You are naturally interested in this aspect, and you will have a strong interest. This is especially true of calligraphy. Interest can be cultivated and nurtured in a specific environment. It is precisely because of this scholarly atmosphere and environmental influence that they (they) have been exposed to writing brushes and calligraphy since they were very young, so they have great interest and motivation in learning calligraphy and learn it better than ordinary people. Then, children from other families who are not calligraphers, grandparents, or people around them who have never practiced calligraphy can learn to write at the age of two or three? Obviously not, at least for the most part. Because interest cannot be formed in a short time.
My brother began to learn calligraphy in the third grade. In order not to lose points in the exam because of the ugly font, he was praised by the marking teacher because of his beautiful font. I have to say, my mother is very prescient. My brother studies calligraphy, and his Chinese composition is poor, but his score is high. As his sister, do I write like it? Climbing like that, the teacher couldn't bear to look straight.
Second, personal understanding is different. Do people with excellent academic performance have good understanding? That's obviously not the case. Many scholars' handwriting is not very good, and some are even very bad. Understanding is innate. Some children are born to learn calligraphy. He (she) has a natural understanding of writing, and it is much easier, faster and better for them to learn writing than ordinary people. They can learn to write when they are two or three years old. Understanding can be inherited, and I personally think so. You will find that some grandparents, grandfathers and parents write beautifully and have a better understanding of writing, that is, they write better than others. Many children who are naturally savvy about calligraphy learn quickly and easily, and what they write is beautiful. Calligraphy teachers also think that such students are easy to teach and don't have to work as hard as other children. These children are very talented and often know everything at once. They have a natural understanding of calligraphy and can learn it from the age of two or three.
To sum up, except for these two types of people who can learn calligraphy from the age of two or three, most people should not learn calligraphy too early.
Personally, I think it is better to start learning hard pen calligraphy from the next semester of kindergarten class or the summer vacation after graduation from kindergarten class, and it is better to connect with primary school Chinese class. If you have entered the first grade and then learn to write, most students can't keep up with the pace of the teacher.