What is the seal cutting competition for?

Through reading, interpreting, writing and seal cutting, the seal cutting competition promotes the excellent Chinese language and culture, draws wisdom from Chinese classics, strengthens ideals and beliefs, highlights the spirit of the times, shows the inheritance and innovation of Chinese classics by teachers and students, creates a good atmosphere for welcoming the 20th Party victory, and gathers great strength for realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

The seal cutting contest was created by the participating teachers and students themselves, and submitted through "Wuhu Professional Library-Reading Creation Activities-Imprint China". The first, second and third prizes are judged by experts and recommended to participate in the provincial competition. Seal cutting, which combines calligraphy, composition and knife cutting, is an artistic expression that requires meditation, patience and heart. During the competition, several students were absorbed in the competition and described it carefully. When the hand began to cut, a series of gullies were carved on the seal, and meaningful words floated on the surface.

Seal cutting is the art of seal cutting, and it is one of the outstanding national cultural and artistic heritages created by our people. It has a history of more than 3700 years. The original function of seal cutting (seal) is a symbol of trust and authority. Seal cutting before Qin dynasty was called seal, seal cutting in Han dynasty was called seal or seal, and later it was called book, seal and stamp. Because seals are mainly based on seal cutting, they are collectively called seal cutting.

The history of seal cutting can be roughly divided into three stages: Qin Zhou, Han Wei, Six Dynasties and Sui and Tang Dynasties. Before the Qin Dynasty, ancient seals were written in the form of calligraphy. In the Qin dynasty, seal script gradually evolved into seal script, and seal script was also changed to seal script. At that time, the emperor called Feng, and his lieutenants called Feng. Chinese and Indian in the Han Dynasty evolved from Biography to Wonderful Biography. On the basis of Qin and India, Han and India have made new and extremely rich development and creation, which is the most prominent in history. During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, big seals prevailed, so that some official seals reached three or four inches. Zhu Wen's Jiu Diewen was used more, and Li Shu began to print it.