In ancient times, traditional Chinese characters were common characters, while simplified Chinese characters were popularized after the founding of New China. Because the traditional Chinese characters (regular script) have been tempered by 1000 years, the writing creation of calligraphers in past dynasties has become more and more perfect. Modern calligraphers grew up copying traditional "calligraphy posts" from childhood, just like learning boxing and practicing kung fu. All the routines were practiced by the ancients, so they are familiar with them, so you don't have to use your head to write them.
Another important reason is that calligraphers think that simplified Chinese calligraphy works are not as artistic as traditional Chinese calligraphy works. The exploration of simplified Chinese characters in calligraphy is only preliminary, and it needs enough time and mastery of Rainbow's calligraphy to make the font of simplified Chinese characters reach the aesthetic height of traditional Chinese characters. Therefore, a natural choice to learn calligraphy is to start from Lintie, and learn to write traditional Chinese characters that have reached perfection through the exploration of masters of past dynasties. The deep reason why traditional Chinese characters are used in calligraphy works is that simplified Chinese characters are ugly. In fact, the beauty of traditional Chinese characters and the ugliness of simplified Chinese characters are not essential. Qin people who are used to Xiao Zhuan will find Han Li extremely ugly when they see him. Most of the numbers in simplified Chinese characters were created in decades, and they entered the computer age before they were beautified and perfected. Moreover, most calligraphers nowadays have low educational level, poor foundation, poor innovation ability and poor handwriting!
Many calligraphers believe that the creation of calligraphy works can not be separated from traditional Chinese characters, because traditional Chinese characters can fully reflect the evolution of words, while simplified Chinese characters actually not only simplify strokes, but also gradually weaken the connotation of words. Good calligraphers also have a high opinion of the meaning of words. Chinese character culture, such as ancient prose analysis, can be used as a compulsory course for calligraphers, and traditional Chinese characters can better express the feelings and connotations in works. There is a big gap between the calligraphy works before liberation and now. For nearly half a century, traditional Chinese characters have been far away from the daily writing and reading of most people in China. Only professional painters and calligraphy lovers are still writing traditional Chinese characters, which can only be regarded as a minority in the crowd. Calligraphy is allowed to write "fu", but whether the writer knows "fu" or not is generally not optimistic.
Guo Zhenyou, executive vice president of China Education Association and chairman of the Calligraphy Education Committee of China Education Association, has been enthusiastic about promoting calligraphy education in primary and secondary schools. He thinks it is absolutely impossible to restore traditional Chinese characters. As a calligrapher, you can write traditional Chinese characters; But for the majority of primary and secondary school students, it is indeed more difficult to learn traditional Chinese characters than simplified Chinese characters, and it is also much more difficult to write.