Seal cutting is a metaphor for carefully writing or over-modifying words and carving seals. Because seals are often engraved with seal characters, they are called seal cutting. Seal cutting is a traditional art closely combined with calligraphy, which has a history of more than 3700 years. It is also called seal cutting, seal cutting or seal cutting. Seal is a practical work of art, and the fundamental difference between seal engraver's works and lettering and printing is that the former pays attention to composition, seal engraving and knife cutting.
Calligraphy refers to the writing rules of characters and symbols. In other words, calligraphy refers to writing with its brushwork, structure and composition according to the characteristics and significance of words, making it a beautiful work of art. China's calligraphy is an original performance art of the Han nationality, which is known as: poetry without words, wireless dance; Paintings without pictures, silent music, etc.
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Calligraphy is a unique traditional art in China. Chinese characters in China were created by working people and began to be recorded by pictures. After thousands of years of development, it has evolved into today's writing. Because our ancestors invented the brush, calligraphy came into being. Throughout the ages, Chinese characters were mainly written with a brush. As for other writing forms, finger-pointing books, etc. Their writing rules are not completely different from China's calligraphy, but they are basically the same.
Seal cutting is to use a knife instead of a pen to engrave on printed matter according to already written calligraphy or drawn images. It is a unique traditional art in China, with dual values of practicality and appreciation. The most commonly used font for seal cutting is seal script. In addition, there are official scripts, regular script, running script and so on. Seal cutting materials include crystal, jade, metal, animal horn, ivory, bamboo, wood and stone. Among them, stone is the most widely used.