What art does calligraphy belong to?

Calligraphy is one of the excellent traditional arts in China, which refers to the method of writing with a brush. It is different from ordinary writing. As writing, it was not called calligraphy before the Han dynasty, but called "book" and called calligraphy. As an art, it began in the Six Dynasties. To call a book a method, there must be a set of methods, that is, a set of unified, coordinated and complete methods, such as writing, calligraphy, stippling, structure and composition.

If you write, you should pay attention to the virtual palm and the five-finger Qi Li; Writing requires the center to spread hair; Dotting requires perfection and thoughtfulness, strength and integrity; The structure emphasizes horizontal, straight and flat, echoing each other; The composition must be complex and varied, the density should be appropriate, and the whole chapter should be coherent, which shows that calligraphy is an art of writing. However, not all written characters can become art, and not all people who write brush characters can become artists.

According to the statistics of Time Collection Network, the evolution of China's calligraphy has experienced from ancient symbols to Oracle bone inscriptions in Yin Dynasty, Shang and Zhou Dynasties (grand ceremonies), to grand ceremonies in Qin Dynasty to small ones, to official scripts to cursive scripts (Cao Zhang) and real ones, and finally to running scripts and modern cursive scripts. It has gone through more than 20 centuries, which can be described as a long history and spectacular.

In China's traditional art, the highest achievement should be calligraphy, and in China's aesthetics, the highest achievement should be calligraphy theory. Calligraphy theory includes the meaning, history, calligraphy and its relationship with calligraphy, such as Four Treasures of the Study, calligraphy and painting, and the relationship between calligraphy and literature. It can be seen that calligraphy is not only a technique, but also a natural, lyrical and interesting art, which is closely related to history, culture and economy.