The calligraphy style with obvious twists and turns of silkworm head and swallow tail is official script.
"Silkworm head and wild goose tail" is the most common writing style in official script. The writing effect is slightly wide and flat, with long horizontal strokes and short straight strokes. It pays attention to "silkworm head and swallow tail" and "twists and turns". It originated in the Qin Dynasty and reached its peak in the Eastern Han Dynasty. It is known as "Han Li Tang Kai" in the calligraphy circle. It is also said that official script originated during the Warring States Period.
Clerical script is a common solemn font in Chinese characters. It is generally believed that the official script developed from the seal script. According to the unearthed slips, the official script was created in the Qin Dynasty. It is said that Cheng Miao was the official script and the Han official script was written in the Eastern Han Dynasty. It reached its peak during this period, inheriting the seal script tradition at the top and developing the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties at the bottom. It had a considerable influence on later calligraphy, and is known as "Han Li Tang Kai" in the calligraphy circle.
Introduction to official script:
Official script is relative to seal script, and the name of official script originated from the Eastern Han Dynasty. The emergence of official script was another major reform of Chinese characters, which brought Chinese calligraphy art into a new realm. It was a turning point in the history of the evolution of Chinese characters and laid the foundation for regular script. The structure of official script is flat, neat and delicate. By the Eastern Han Dynasty, the strokes, strokes, dots and other paintings were transformed into upward strokes, with changes in light and heavy pauses and the beauty of calligraphy art. The styles are also becoming more diverse, which is of great value for artistic appreciation.
The writing method of dot painting is obviously different from that of seal script. In terms of pens, seal scripts mostly use round pens, while official scripts use both square and round pens, and the thickness of the strokes changes. The points in official script are different from the middle point, the upper point, the left point, the right point and the horizontal point. The way to write the midpoint is to put the pen down, turn the pen upward, turn the pen back to the right, pause the pen downward, and then turn the pen back to the point. The difference between the dots in official script and the dots in seal script is that there have been changes in leaning to the side.
The way to write the upper point is similar to that of the midpoint, except that the last stroke does not return to the point, but gradually raises the edge downward. The left, right and horizontal dots are written in the same way as the upper point, but the starting position and the direction of attack are different.