As a result, words came into being. The earliest works of calligraphy art are not words, but some descriptive symbols-hieroglyphics or picture words. Symbols depicting Chinese characters first appeared on pottery. The primitive depiction symbol only represents a rough concept of chaos and has no exact meaning.
The Development Course of Calligraphy Art
According to modern textual research, regarding the origin of China characters, primitive characters have appeared in Jiahu site culture, which is 8,000-9,000 years ago, more than 4,000 years earlier than Oracle Bone Inscriptions in Anyang Yin Ruins, and it is the earliest known prototype of characters. In the past 40 years, there have been many discoveries.
There are three kinds of characters of all nationalities in the world, namely ideographic characters; Ideographic characters; Recording. Chinese characters are typical ideographs developed on the basis of ideographs.
The method of pictographic writing is to draw the real thing. However, painting tends to be more simplified and abstract, becoming a symbol that highlights the physical characteristics, representing a certain meaning and having a certain pronunciation.