Hard pen calligraphy refers to what pen to write with.

Hard pen calligraphy refers to pen, gel pen, artistic pen, pencil and chalk as the main writing tools.

Hard pen calligraphy is a kind of calligraphy art with pen, gel pen, art pen, pencil and chalk as the main writing tools. In addition, ink or powdery medium is considered as the main carrier. Hard pen calligraphy can be divided into hard pen calligraphy art and practical hard pen calligraphy. The former emphasizes the artistry of writing and pursues the beauty and individuality of writing fonts.

The latter emphasizes practicality, and the practical hard pen calligraphy is mainly running script. According to years of research, Dunhuang hard pen has more than 20,000 pages, mostly paper and silk, including Chinese and more than ten kinds of ancient flags. The main content of this book involves literary works, letters and Buddhist scriptures.

1972, Chinese archaeologists discovered a bamboo pen container at Xixia site in Wuwei City, Gansu Province, which is very similar to Lu pen in shape and making materials, especially there is a gap in the center of the pen tongue, which is double-pointed, just like the current pen.

Introduction to calligraphy:

Calligraphy is an ancient art of writing Chinese characters. From Oracle Bone Inscriptions, Shi Guwen and Jinwen (Zhong Dingwen) to Dazhuan, Xiaozhuan and Li Shu, and then to the cursive script, regular script and running script in the Eastern Han and Wei Dynasties, it always exudes artistic charm. China's calligraphy is an original performance art of the Han nationality, which is known as: poetry without words, dancing without words; Painless paintings, silent music.

Chinese characters are an important factor in China's calligraphy, because China's calligraphy was produced and developed in China culture, and Chinese characters are one of the basic elements of China culture. Relying on Chinese characters is the main symbol that distinguishes China's calligraphy from other kinds of calligraphy.

Calligraphy is an abstract symbolic art based on Chinese characters and written with a brush, which has four-dimensional characteristics. It embodies the basic law of the "unity of opposites" of all things, and reflects the spirit, temperament, knowledge and cultivation of people as the main body.