Characters of seal script irradiated by purple light
Its characteristics are "look at flowers from a distance, look at characters from a distance, there are words in flowers, there are flowers in words, flowers and characters are integrated, and the font is strong". The ancient people's habit of loving plum blossom and worshiping Chinese characters endowed "Plum Blossom Seal" with vigorous and elegant cultural connotation, and also made it a living fossil for studying ancient calligraphy in China. On the ancient pottery of Shang Dynasty unearthed in China, the plum hieroglyphics engraved with "Amitabha Buddha in the south" were found. By the Han dynasty, plum blossom seal script had become a good product for people to appreciate and collect.
At that time, Lin Hejing, a famous calligrapher, left a famous post called "The Commandment of Saving Bows, Knowing Pang Zengkang's Extremity".
After Li Shimin ascended the throne in the Tang Dynasty, a plum blossom thief disturbed Kyoto in Chang 'an. The imperial seal in the palace was stolen, leaving three plum blossoms at the scene. The case is still pending. In a rage, the emperor arrested and beheaded all the artists in the country who could write plum blossom seal script. Later, anyone who had plum blossom seal characters at home was set on fire to avoid being killed.
It was not until the Yuan and Ming Dynasties that plum blossom seal script was rediscovered. Because there are not many people who can distinguish seal script, and plum blossom embellishment is even more difficult to understand, it has always been full of mystery. There are not many records about it in history, most of which are folklore. China's earliest plum blossom works are Zhang Sengyou's Picture of Yongmei in the Northern and Southern Dynasties, Song Xueyan's Plum Blossom XiShen, Shen Xiang's Plum Blossom in the Ming Dynasty, Badashanren in the Qing Dynasty, and even modern Wu Changshuo and Xu Beihong. What we can learn is that Liu Jin, a great traitor who is considered as one of the top ten sinners in history, was able to write with both hands during the Ming Wuzong period, and other records either appeared among the people. The folk song "Yang Jiajiang" was reviewed by Pan Hong in the evening, and it was mentioned that Kou Zhun could write; The Romance of the Three Kingdoms also mentioned that the old lady Xu Shu could also write; Chen Sanliang in the quintessence Beijing Opera "Chen Sanliang Climbing the Hall" can also write with both hands.