Calligraphy is the art of writing Chinese characters. In the long historical evolution and development, on the one hand, Chinese characters play an important social role in the exchange of ideas and cultural heritage, on the other hand, they also form a unique plastic arts. Although the consciousness of calligraphy art only appeared at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, calligraphy art came into being at the same time as the appearance of Chinese characters. It is recognized by academic circles that the earliest materials of ancient Chinese characters are Oracle Bone Inscriptions and bronze inscriptions in the middle and late Shang Dynasty (about 14 to 1 1 century). From the perspective of calligraphy, these earliest Chinese characters already have many factors of formal beauty of calligraphy, such as the beauty of lines, the beauty of symmetry and change of single character modeling, the beauty of composition and style, etc. From the late Shang Dynasty to the Qin Dynasty's unification of China (22 1 year ago), the general trend of the evolution of Chinese characters was from complexity to simplicity. However, the artistry of calligraphy has been enriched with the development of calligraphy. After Qin Shihuang annexed the world, he unified the national script called Qin Zhuan, also called Xiao Zhuan, which was simplified on the basis of Jin Wen and Shi Guwen. Mount Tai stone carvings represented by famous calligraphers Li Si and Qin Wei. China is a must! It is our duty to inherit and carry forward the quintessence of Chinese culture, but we can't forget why China is the soul of China!
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