In China's calligraphy, the traditional solar term from the winter solstice is often one of the themes of calligraphers' works. Cursive script is a school of calligraphy in China, which is famous for its natural and unrestrained features and stretched lines. During the solar term from winter to sun, some calligraphers created many beautiful cursive works with the theme of winter to sun.
First, appreciate the winter solstice cursive works:
Winter Solstice Theme: Some calligraphers will choose "Winter Solstice" as their creative theme, and take snowflakes, winter scenes and festival names as their objects in their works to express the atmosphere and characteristics of solar terms through calligraphy.
Expression of artistic conception: Winter solstice is an important solar term in winter, and calligraphers often use cursive script to express the depth and tranquility of winter to convey the artistic conception of the festival.
Poetry collocation: Sometimes calligraphy works will be matched with ancient poems or modern poems, combining solar terms from winter solstice with words to add cultural connotation to the works.
Vivid charm: through the unique brushwork and line changes of cursive script, it shows the vivid feeling of snowflakes flying and chilly in the winter solstice solar terms.
Application of ink color: cursive script often uses different shades of ink to highlight the texture and layering of snowflakes, frost and winter scenery when expressing the solar terms from winter to solar terms.
Inscriptions and poems: Calligraphy works are usually accompanied by inscriptions or poems to express the calligrapher's wishes, thoughts or feelings about the solar term from winter to solar term.
Second, the calligrapher's creative style:
Huai Su: Huai Su was a famous cursive writer in ancient China. His works are famous for their elegance and grandeur. He often uses exciting pen and ink to express the atmosphere of solar terms, such as the winter solstice.
Zhang Xu: Zhang Xu is another cursive master. His works are known as "wild grass" and often express the feelings and expressions of solar terms with wild and uninhibited pen and ink.
As one of the important traditional solar terms in China, winter solstice often inspires calligraphers to create cursive scripts. Using cursive script to express the scenery and artistic conception of winter solstice not only shows the calligrapher's artistic attainments, but also conveys his understanding and sentiment of solar terms. Through unique cursive brushwork, these works convey the harmony, calmness and beauty of solar terms, and add the unique artistic charm of calligraphy to the traditional culture of China.