The principles of calligraphy appreciation include the definition of calligraphy, the emergence of China's calligraphy art, the cultural roots of China's calligraphy, the essence of China's calligraphy, the principles, standards and methods of calligraphy appreciation, and the appreciation of calligraphy beauty. Five-style appreciation is taught according to the main periods and important schools of calligraphy development.
The course of calligraphy appreciation aims to convey the spirit of China's traditional thought and culture to students through the explanation of the ontology, basic thinking concept and formal beauty of calligraphy art, so that they can master certain basic ideas of calligraphy, basic cognition of traditional culture and basic principles of calligraphy appreciation, cultivate students' ability to appreciate different calligraphy styles, and pay attention to the cultivation of traditional cultural spirit, calligraphy aesthetic ability and creative thinking.
Calligraphy appreciation course has a profound historical accumulation. Lectured by Professor Zhong Mingshan, 65438-0986, won the second prize of "National Excellent Textbooks for Colleges and Universities" by the Ministry of Education. In 2004, Professor Yang Suoqiang presided over and was in charge of this course. In 2006, he was awarded the honor of "Excellent Course" by Xi Jiaotong University and was rated as the most popular course for students. This course won the second prize of teaching achievement in Shaanxi Province and the first prize of teaching achievement in xi Jiaotong University.