Someone asks me: "When should I start teaching calligraphy to my children?" I would say: "Two years old." But if someone asks: "My child is already six years old, should I start?" "Learning calligraphy?" I would say: "What are you doing so early?"
Why are there two opinions? The parent who said that he should learn calligraphy at the age of six wants his children to start learning calligraphy formally. I said that if there is a particularly good opportunity, the uncle next door happens to be a calligrapher. This uncle is already very old, probably in his eighties or nineties. I'm 30 years old, and I don't have much time to come. This opportunity is very special, so I have to learn it as soon as possible, otherwise I don't need to do it so early. Because this is technology, technology can be learned later. However, don’t wait until you are 50, 60, 70 or 80. It is also good to start learning skills later than when you are 13, 15, or even 18.
Why can you start learning calligraphy at the age of two? Show him the dharma stickers and doodle them with a big pen, but don't teach him techniques. So someone asked me: "Can children learn calligraphy?" When I heard that he wanted to learn technology, I said: "What should I do early?"
If he meant to improve art Cultivation, when did it start? It starts from the age of two, or even one year old, from the fetus. If the fetus can hear, let him listen to good music; if he can see, let him see famous paintings and post comments.
We in China have one more art of calligraphy than the West. The West always uses pictures to express spatial art, while Chinese calligraphy uses brushes, ink, and lines to express spatial art. The artistic realm of Chinese calligraphy is higher than that of paintings. Throughout the ages, China has paid more attention to masterpieces of traditional Chinese paintings and even more to masterpieces of calligraphy.