What is the core of calligraphy?

The ideological basis of China's calligraphy is the nature of Taoism, the unity of man and nature, the harmony of the golden mean and the organic unity, which can also be interpreted as the core spirit of calligraphy. It comes from the philosophy of Laozi and Zhuangzi and the Tao of Confucius and Mencius, and is also rooted in them.

Calligraphy is a unique cultural form in China, and it is a specialized knowledge to study how to improve the form and writing of Chinese characters artistically from the perspective of philosophy and aesthetics.

Including regular script, running script, official script, cursive script and seal script. It is essentially different from other Chinese writing "arts" such as Song Style, Imitation Song Style and Bold Style. It is the academic culture of China and the crystallization of the collective wisdom of several generations of the Chinese nation.

Calligraphy is an art form owned by a few languages in the world, including China calligraphy and Mongolian writing. Among them, "China Calligraphy" is a unique traditional Chinese character art in China.

Calligraphy in a broad sense refers to the writing rules of language symbols. In other words, calligraphy refers to writing with specific 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, dancing without words; Painless paintings, silent music. Calligraphy is also a major feature of China. In the course of calligraphy aesthetics, besides the concrete beauty of each Chinese character, we should also talk about the beauty of structure, emptiness, flying white, inscription and so on.