China has a long history, and there have been many excellent literary works in the history of China. They have been completely preserved through the precipitation of time and in the long river of history, and have been passed down to this day, which is a huge cultural wealth for China and even the world. Therefore, it is not easy for these outstanding cultural works to be seen today. One of them will talk about China's calligraphy. China's calligraphy art has a long history and profound cultural background. But in ancient times, I thought calligraphy was a cultural monopoly. First, the audience of calligraphy is small, and there are few people who master calligraphy
Among ancient calligraphers, we see that there are actually few people who really have deep attainments in calligraphy. Because many calligraphers are not only calligraphers, but also poets, writers or politicians. None of them will regard calligraphy as their main business, and most of them are from noble families or officialdom people. Ordinary people don't specialize in practicing calligraphy, nor do they generally buy calligraphy to appreciate it. Second, the cost of calligraphy was high in ancient times, and there was no copying
It is more convenient to learn calligraphy today, because we can buy supplies at a very low cost and also have copybooks to copy. But in ancient times, if you want to write good words, you should have good ink and a good pen. Famous artists use purple milli, which is very valuable. In addition, ancient masters did not reveal their original works at will, nor did they accept apprentices at will, which led to a very small number of calligraphy, which was at the high end in society and was difficult for ordinary people to contact. In the Tang and Song Dynasties, famous artists had more contacts before they discussed calligraphy together, but it didn't have much influence.
So in ancient times, calligraphy was still in a monopoly position on the whole. There are not many calligraphers, few people teach them and few people appreciate them, which naturally leads to the monopoly of calligraphy. However, compared with now, learning calligraphy is very convenient, so we should study calligraphy seriously, strive to inherit calligraphy culture, cultivate our own temperament and cultivate our own character through calligraphy.