The words on the ancient tea calligraphy cup are Wang Xizhi's Preface to Lanting. Wang Xizhi was a famous calligrapher in the Southern and Northern Dynasties, and his calligraphy was known as "the best in the world". Preface to Lanting is one of his masterpieces and a classic in the history of China's calligraphy.
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Calligraphy is an artistic expression of the unique beauty of words in China and neighboring countries and regions deeply influenced by China culture. Including China calligraphy, Mongolian calligraphy, Arabic calligraphy and English calligraphy. His China Calligraphy is a unique traditional Chinese character art in China. Calligraphy in a broad sense refers to the writing rules of characters and symbols.
In other words, calligraphy refers to writing with its brushwork, structure and composition according to the characteristics and significance of words, making it a beautiful work of art. China's calligraphy is an original performance art of the Han nationality, which is known as: silent poetry, invisible dance; Paintings without pictures, silent music, etc.
Writing art refers to the art of writing with a pen, which can be divided into hard pen and soft pen. This is an art form of writing. Chinese painting is closely related to calligraphy, but it contains many literary interests. The art of writing. Also refers to calligraphy works.
On the surface, calligraphy refers to the statutes of writing. In life, the word calligraphy has the following meanings: first, it is synonymous with a written work or the floorboard of all written works; Second, an art category generally refers to the art of writing Chinese characters. Calligraphy is a unique traditional art in China.
Chinese characters in China were created by working people and began to be recorded by pictures. After thousands of years of development, it has evolved into today's writing. Because our ancestors invented the brush, calligraphy came into being. Throughout the ages, Chinese characters were mainly written with a brush. As for other writing forms, such as hard pen and finger calligraphy, their writing rules are basically the same, but they are not completely different from China's calligraphy.
Calligraphy refers to the art of expressing emotions with Four Treasures of the Study as a tool. The particularity of tools is an important aspect of the particularity of calligraphy art, and it is an important part of calligraphy techniques to fully embody the performance of tools with the help of Four Treasures of the Study. Without Four Treasures of the Study, there would be no calligraphy art.