How to understand and appreciate the art of calligraphy

First of all, to appreciate calligraphy deeply, you must have certain historical knowledge and calligraphy knowledge; Historical knowledge includes calligraphy history and China history (calligrapher's creative background); The knowledge of calligraphy includes philology, writing skills, the ability to recognize inscriptions and artistic accomplishment. Are inseparable. Understanding the Evolution of Ancient and Modern Calligraphy ── Calligraphy History: Think about it, the evolution of calligraphy has cause and effect. From Oracle Bone Inscriptions in Shang Dynasty to the characters we see now, five thousand years have undoubtedly been revealed. If you don't know the history of calligraphy when you appreciate it, compare official script with cursive script and regular script-which is better-just like Zhang Fei and Yue Fei appearing in a scene at the same time in a historical movie, it will spoil the scenery! Learn about the calligrapher's ancient and modern background-history: Do you know that Wang Xizhi's famous Preface to the Lanting Pavilion was written when he was a little drunk, and he couldn't write a better work after many attempts? If you don't know, you can't appreciate the Preface to Lanting deeply, because you can't understand the meaning of the pen if you don't know its context. Knowledge of philology: Calligraphers love to make a fuss about words. Sometimes, in order to change, they combine various fonts (such as official script and cursive script) into one, and sometimes they learn from Cangjie to create words and add and subtract strokes for words. If at this time, a foreigner with a little knowledge of Chinese mistook "mountain" and "Sect" for "worship", the "sense of wholeness" emphasized in calligraphy would disappear, and the spacing and size of words would lose their aesthetic feeling. Similarly, if you don't know which is official script and which is crazy grass, the consequences can be imagined ... You must have the ability to identify rubbings: to appreciate calligraphy, you must have the ability to identify rubbings, so as not to appreciate fake rubbings without knowing it, and it will be unimaginable to completely absorb them. Writing skills are indispensable: as the saying goes, "an expert looks at the doorway and a layman looks at the excitement." Without writing skills, you can't really appreciate the beauty of calligraphy. The beauty of pen and ink is the focus of calligraphy appreciation. How can you appreciate the beauty of pen and ink without knowing the writing method and experiencing it personally? This is why most famous connoisseurs are also excellent calligraphers. Artistic accomplishment: In fact, to appreciate any kind of art, you should immerse yourself as if you were there. Only by looking attentively can we really feel the strength, posture, charm and charm, and it is meaningful to appreciate calligraphy.