1. Calligraphy segments: pink brush and hard pen calligraphy: from low to high, from one section to nine sections. Roughly divided into three levels.
Beginner (1-3 paragraphs); Intermediate (4-6 paragraphs); Advanced (7-9 paragraphs).
2. You can refer to the rank standards of municipal competitions:
(1) Levels 1-3 are elementary (basic), and the main target is children. The focus is to implement the "Guidance Outline for Writing Teaching" for nine-year compulsory education in primary schools formulated by the Ministry of Education. The focus is on laying a good foundation in regular script, and at the same time learning the basic strokes of Chinese characters, general stroke order rules, commonly used radicals, and the general structure of Chinese characters. Knowledge of single characters, combined characters, etc.
(2) Levels 4-6 are medium (practical) and are mainly targeted at teenagers and social adults. The focus is to promote the majority of members of society to be able to write regular script well, to the extent that they are satisfied with themselves, appreciated by others, and have enough work. At the same time, learn some necessary common sense about writing and Chinese characters.
(3) Levels 7-9 are advanced (artistic), and the main targets are calligraphers and calligraphy professionals. The focus is to position their current artistic level, and at the same time promote the simultaneous improvement of their artistic creation and theoretical cultivation, so as to cultivate more and better hard-tipped calligraphy talents with solid theoretical foundation and superb artistic level.
3. Don’t pay too much attention to the identification of this level. Many competitions are organized by folk calligraphy associations and art groups, and this identification does not have much authority. It is still meaningful as a kind of communication and cultural appreciation.
Extended information
The origin of calligraphy
Chinese calligraphy art began in the production stage of Chinese characters. Words are born. Words are traces of meaning and sound." (Yu Chu "Shu Lin Zao Jian", compiled by Ma Zonghuo) Therefore, words were produced. The first works of calligraphy were not words, but glyphs - hieroglyphs or pictorial characters.
The engraved symbols of Chinese characters first appeared on pottery. The initial characterization symbol only represented a rough concept of chaos and had no exact meaning.
More than 8,000 years ago, the Cishan and Feiligang cultures appeared in the Yellow River Basin. There are many text-like symbols on the handmade ceramics unearthed from Feiligan. These symbols, It is a chaotic combination of the communicative function, record keeping function and pattern decoration function of the ancestors. Although these are not Chinese characters that modern people can recognize, they are indeed the prototype of Chinese characters.
Following the Banpo site of the Yangshao Culture about 6,000 years ago, painted pottery with some simple depictions similar to characters was unearthed. These symbols are different from patterns and patterns, pushing the development of Chinese characters one step further. This can be said to be the origin of Chinese writing.
Then there are Erlitou culture and Erligang culture. During the archaeological excavation of the Erlitou Culture, pottery pieces with carved marks were found. There are twenty-four kinds of marks, some of which are similar to the oracle bone inscriptions of the Yin Ruins, and they are all single independent characters.
The Erligang Culture has been found to have a writing system. Three bones with characters were found here, two with one character each, and one with ten characters, which seemed to be carved for practicing carving. This brought civilization a big step forward.
The origin of original writing is an instinct of imitation, used to image a specific thing. Although it is simple and chaotic, it already has a certain aesthetic taste. This simple writing can therefore be called prehistoric calligraphy.
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