Chinese calligraphy art began in the production stage of Chinese characters. The first batch of works of calligraphy art were not words, but some depicting symbols-hieroglyphs or picture characters. The evolution of calligraphy generally refers to the evolution of calligraphy fonts. Generally speaking, the Wei and Jin Dynasties were not only the end period of calligraphy style, but also the period of integration of calligraphy techniques.
Chinese calligraphy has a long history, the style of calligraphy has evolved, and the art of calligraphy is fascinating. From oracle bone inscriptions and bronze inscriptions to large seal script, small seal script, and official script, to the cursive script, regular script, and running script of the Eastern Han, Wei, and Jin Dynasties, calligraphy has always exuded unique artistic charm.
After Qin Shihuang unified the country, Prime Minister Li Si presided over the unification of the national script, which was a great achievement in the history of Chinese culture. The characters written after the unification of the Qin Dynasty are called Qin seal scripts, also called small seal scripts. They are based on the bronze inscriptions and stone drum inscriptions, deleting the complex ones and simplifying them.
In 206 BC, the Han Dynasty was established. The official script was valued by the emperor and matured, and it was called Han Li in history. Chinese characters changed from Seal to Li. Since then, Chinese characters have not changed much. This is known as the Li change of Chinese characters in history. The Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties were the pinnacle of calligraphy art. In the Jin Dynasty, represented by Wang Xizhi, there were 198 calligraphers. The Sui and Tang Dynasties were the peak period of calligraphy art. Tang Kaikai was represented by Ouyang Xun, Yan Zhenqing and Liu Gongquan.
In the Song Dynasty, there were four innovative calligraphy masters of the Song Dynasty, namely Su Shi, Huang Tingjian, Mi Fu and Cai Xiang. Zhao Mengfu's Zhao style in the Yuan Dynasty can be called the four major regular script styles together with Ou, Yan, and Liu in the Tang Dynasty. There were many calligraphers in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and calligraphy styles all developed.
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Calligraphy is the art of writing Chinese characters. It is not only a cultural treasure of the Chinese nation, but also unique in the world's cultural and artistic treasure house. In the long history of evolution and development of Chinese characters, on the one hand, it plays an important social role in the exchange of ideas and cultural inheritance; on the other hand, it has formed a unique plastic art in itself.
After modern research, regarding the origin of Chinese writing, it is generally believed that writing was created during the "Yangshao Culture Period" in the middle reaches of the Yellow River in China, about 5,000 or 6,000 years ago. Yangshao culture was named after it was first discovered in Yangshao Village, Shengshan, Henan in 1921. In the past 40 years, many discoveries have been made one after another. ?
The writings of various ethnic groups in the world can be summarized into three major types, namely ideographic writing; ideographic writing; and phonetic writing. Chinese characters are typical ideographic characters developed on the basis of ideographic characters.
The pictographic method of making characters is to draw the actual objects. However, drawings tend to be more simplified and abstract, becoming a symbol that highlights the characteristics of physical objects, represents a certain meaning, and has a certain pronunciation...?
Our Chinese characters, from pictures and symbols to creation, The final shape was gradually formed from ancient large seal script to small seal script, from seal script to official script, regular script, regular script, and cursive script. In the process of writing and using Chinese characters, the art of calligraphy, which is unique among the languages ??of various ethnic groups in the world and can be an independent category, gradually emerged.
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