Carving Zhu Wen or Bai Wen is mainly decided by seal engravers according to their own carving styles and preferences. Generally, Zhu Wen usually uses more fonts and strokes, while Bai Wen uses fewer strokes, but this is not always the case.
Seal cutting is the art of combining calligraphy (mainly seal script) with seal cutting (including chiseling and casting) to make seals, which is a unique art form of Chinese characters. Seal cutting rose in pre-Qin, flourished in Han, declined in Jin, lost in Tang and Song Dynasties, revived in Ming Dynasty and revived in Qing Dynasty. It has a history of more than 3700 years.
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Seal cutting has a long history of more than 3700 years since its origin, and has gone through more than ten dynasties. In this long-term development process, seal cutting has experienced two highly developed historical stages.
One is the Warring States, Qin, Han, Wei, Jin and Six Dynasties. During this period, the materials used in seal cutting were mainly jade, gold, teeth and horns. Known as the "ancient seal cutting period", its seal cutting characteristics are mainly bounded by the times. Seal cutting developed in the Tang, Song and Yuan Dynasties, but it was in decline.
Since the Ming and Qing Dynasties, seal cutting has ushered in the second peak of development, and its seal cutting features are mainly various schools. During this period, Wen Peng and He Zhen played an important role in seal cutting creation.
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