There is always such a phenomenon in our daily life. For example, when we appreciate a famous painting, the inscription on the seal is sometimes white and sometimes red. For example, when we look at calligraphy works or use inkpad, we will find that there are two types of printed stamps. One is that the characters are recessed on the seal, and the printed patterns are white on a red background; The other is that the characters are raised on the seal, and the printed pattern is a scarlet letter on a white background. The difference between these two types of seal characters is actually yin and yang.
seal cutting once has a long history in China. Both Oracle Bone Inscriptions and early Zhong Dingwen used seal cutting on the surface of objects to achieve the purpose of recording. Similar to the appearance of seals, it first became? Seal? This invention originated from the Yin Dynasty and Shang Dynasty. According to historical relics and historical studies, it can be found that the unearthed period with exact historical materials was in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and it has been widely used in the Warring States Period.
At first, this kind of seal was used between commercial circulation and trade. Later, after Qin Shihuang unified the whole country, it was put into the central government as a ruling tool, which was equivalent to the status of a jade seal. After Qin Shihuang unified the characters, most of the seals were engraved with seal characters since then because seal characters were more suitable for seals.
On a seal, a female character is also called a female character, and a male character is called a female character. However, in ancient times, the name was contrary to the present. In ancient times, Yin and Yang were defined according to the protrusions or depressions on the seal. In modern times, it was defined by whether the printed words were red or white. Therefore, the yin language is also called Bai language, and the yang language is called Zhu language. Some seals are both called? Zhu Baijian text printing? . Different seal printing methods have different effects and temperament. White printing is vigorous, ancient, more retro, ingenious and natural, with even thickness, neither bloated nor too depressed. Zhu Wenyin (Yang Wenyin) first appeared in the Six Dynasties and prevailed in the Tang and Song Dynasties. People who draw with pen and ink usually use this kind of seal. The font is elegant, but more attention is paid to thinness.