Format of calligraphy paper

The formats of calligraphy paper are divided into Doufang, Sankai and nave.

1. Doufang: Usually four-foot rice paper is cut into two pieces, two feet high and two feet wide, which are square. Four-foot rice paper can also be cut into eight pieces, which is called "sketch bucket square" or "bucket square sketch". Writing content is generally four to six lines. Because there are many lines, we should emphasize the size, opening and closing, echo and rhythm change of the upper, lower, left and right in the layout of the text.

2. Tri-opening: Rectangular with different sizes, which is a style of China's calligraphy and painting. If you cut four feet of rice paper into three parts, it is called four feet and three cuts. If you cut five feet of rice paper into three parts, it is called five feet and three cuts. And so on. It is also three-split, with different sizes. Four-foot-three-open is usually a three-foot map. Five feet and three openings are one third of twelve square feet, and the area of each opening is four feet.

3. nave: nave is a rectangular work written vertically, generally the size of a whole piece of rice paper. Because the scale is relatively large, the creator needs to have skilled techniques and the ability to grasp the layout of the work as a whole. When writing, we should pay attention to the primary and secondary relationship between words and inscriptions, so that they are different in primary and secondary and glow accordingly.

Others, such as fan (two adjacent sentences must be different in length, usually odd sentences are long and even sentences are short), couplets can be used. According to the number of words in calligraphy, probably arrange the version, and the last sentence should not be too short. Just write it directly on rice paper.

There are basically three sector formats:

(1) Using the difference between the upper and lower ends, it is advisable to write two words per line, from right to left, in turn. The signature is written on the left of the text. The paragraphs should be longer, the text should be written from one line to several lines, and the seal should be smaller than the body.

(2) Using the width of the sector, write two to four characters horizontally from right to left, and then write a few lines of fine print to match the text.

(3) The upper end is written in sequence, and the lower end is alternately written to form a pattern with staggered length. In this way, we can avoid the situation that the upper end is sparse and the lower end is crowded, and achieve harmony all the time. According to this format, write a long line, about five words, and a short line or two. The signature should be wonderful, usually written at the back of the text, one or several lines, and the chapter should be smaller than the signature.