Ancient people said: what do Qin, chess and calligraphy and painting mean?

In ancient times, playing the piano (mostly guqin), playing chess (mostly Weiqi), calligraphy and painting were the skills that literati and poets (including some aristocratic families) had to master to cultivate their self-cultivation, so they were collectively called piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. Now it is often used to express personal cultural accomplishment.

According to documents, Fuxi (2400-2370 BC) invented the lyre. Both lyre and harp are made of sycamore, which has a cavity and strings. The piano started with five strings, and later it was changed to seven strings; Twenty-five strings According to the number of strings, the size of an instrument is larger than that of a piano.

Go, according to literature, Yao Shun (2205 BC-2 BC110) invented Go. Weiqi was called "Yi" in ancient times, which means "You throw the ball and I throw it". The name "Go" means "a game of chess in which the victory or defeat is decided by encirclement and anti-encirclement tactics".

Calligraphy is a unique art form in the cultural circle of Chinese characters. Calligraphy was born after the invention of Chinese characters. According to documents, Chinese characters were invented by historian Cang Xie.

Painting came into being before the invention of writing, or it may appear at the same time as calligraphy (the ancients said that "painting and calligraphy are of the same origin"). The first professional painter mentioned in the literature was Shun Di (2162-2 BC110bc)' s sister, the "gang leader".