What kind of characters are used in calligraphy?

Hanging needles are used for characters with simple, clear and symmetrical fonts, and other characters are used for vertical hanging.

In calligraphy, if the last stroke of a word is long and vertical, it is the main stroke of the word. Generally speaking, hanging needles are used to stand vertically. If there is another left and vertical parallel to it, use hanging vertical. Such as: 10, medium, can be erected by hanging needles, while Sichuan, Zhong Jie, Yuanyuan, etc. Stand upright with hanging dew.

The length of the right half of the word should be vertical with a hanging needle, such as Du, Que, Listening, etc. The long vertical on the left should be vertical, such as the beginning of the year, the longevity and the archery.

The parts with too few strokes should be arranged vertically, for example, there is only one vertical row of "lead" on the right and one vertical row of "A" below. Although it is the main pen of a word, it is not the long vertical of the last pen, so it can only be dew. Such as: no, down, wood.

When you are not sure which one to use, choose to use hanging vertically, and don't use hanging needles easily. Because the hanging needle vertical can be written as hanging vertical, for example: year, year. It will be dazzling to write a garter needle where it should not be vertical.

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The main ways to practice calligraphy

1, official script

When writing in big letters of more than three inches, you should stand up and write cantilever, so that you can work hard and take care of the overall situation. When standing, you should keep your feet steady, with your right foot slightly stepped out, slightly in a T-step, your right half slightly stretched forward, your waist slightly leaned forward, and your left hand pressed the paper or spread it backwards.

Predecessors advocated concentrating the strength of the lower body on the waist, pushing the shoulders with the strength of the waist, driving the upper limbs with the strength of the shoulders, and sending the strength to the pen tip through the upper limbs and wrists, that is, the so-called "strength comes from the waist and roots in the feet". This can be achieved step by step in practice.

2, kneeling for books

To write big characters more than two feet, you can write on your knees or on your stomach, which makes it easy to master the structure of the characters. The method is to kneel on the left knee, bend the right knee to support the body, and straighten the left hand to help the ground. This method is too flexible to be effective. If possible, it is best to prepare a short case to write.

Whether reading while sitting or standing, keep an appropriate distance between your eyes and the paper when writing, and this distance will change with the size of the written words. Small characters should be close, and big characters should be far away. Usually you should write in block letters and big characters, about a city ruler, and the small characters should be slightly smaller than this distance. When writing a large character of more than one foot, there should be a distance of more than two feet, otherwise it will be difficult to take care of the relationship between strokes and the overall structure.

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