Zhao Guizhong’s calligraphy is valuable.
Calligraphy is a unique artistic expression of the beauty of words in China and surrounding countries and regions that have been deeply influenced by Chinese culture. Including Chinese calligraphy, Mongolian calligraphy, Arabic calligraphy and English calligraphy, etc. Its "Chinese calligraphy" is a traditional art unique to Chinese characters.
In a broad sense, calligraphy refers to the writing rules of text symbols. In other words, calligraphy refers to writing according to the characteristics and meaning of the text, using its calligraphy style, structure and organization to make it a beautiful work of art. Chinese calligraphy is an original expression art created by the Han people. It is known as: wordless poetry, lineless dance, pictureless painting, silent music, etc.
Chinese calligraphy art began in the production stage of Chinese characters. "Sound cannot be transmitted to other places, but stays in different times, so words are born. Words are the traces of meaning and sound." (Yu Chu) "Shu Lin Zao Jian", compiled by Ma Zonghuo) Therefore, writing was produced. The first works of calligraphy were not words, but glyphs - hieroglyphs or pictorial characters.
The engraved symbols of Chinese characters first appeared on pottery. The initial characterization symbol only represented a rough concept of chaos and had no exact meaning.
More than 8,000 years ago, the Cishan and Peiligang cultures appeared in the Yellow River Basin. There were many quasi-text symbols on the handmade ceramics unearthed in Peiligan. These symbols were the ancestors of the ancestors. It is a chaotic combination of communication function, note-taking function and pattern decoration function. Although these are not Chinese characters that modern people can recognize, they are indeed the prototype of Chinese characters.
Following the Banpo site of the Yangshao Culture about 6,000 years ago, painted pottery with some simple depictions similar to characters was unearthed. These symbols are different from patterns and patterns, pushing the development of Chinese characters one step further. This can be said to be the origin of Chinese writing.
Then there are Erlitou culture and Erligang culture. During the archaeological excavation of the Erlitou Culture, pottery pieces with carved marks were found. There are twenty-four kinds of marks, some of which are similar to the oracle bone inscriptions of the Yin Ruins, and they are all single independent characters.
The Erligang Culture has been found to have a writing system. Three bones with characters were found here, two with one character each, and one with ten characters, which seemed to be carved for practicing carving. This brought civilization a big step forward.
The origin of original writing is an instinct of imitation, used to image a specific thing. Although it is simple and chaotic, it already has a certain aesthetic taste. This simple writing can therefore be called prehistoric calligraphy.