Introduction to Chinese calligraphy

Chinese calligraphy generally refers to the art of writing Chinese characters. Chinese calligraphy is a unique visual art with Chinese culture as its connotation and Chinese characters as its basis. Chinese characters are an important element in Chinese calligraphy, and Chinese characters and Chinese calligraphy are an important part of Chinese culture. From oracle bone inscriptions, stone drum inscriptions, and bronze inscriptions (Zhongding inscriptions) evolved into large seal script, small seal script, official script, and finally cursive script, regular script, and running script that were finalized in the Eastern Han, Wei, and Jin Dynasties, they have always exuded the charm of art. The characteristics of Chinese calligraphy are: the organic combination of strokes, paintings, words and articles, which is natural and well-proportioned, either hard or soft. It is often considered to represent a kind of artistic conception of the writer and is unique. It has a profound influence on future generations, or It looks like a sharp sword, or like a beautiful jade that is round and soft, and the shape is like a knife cutting an axe, a chisel, moving clouds and flowing water, and so on.