When did the art of calligraphy originate?

Calligraphy is the art of writing Chinese characters. It is not only the cultural treasure of the Chinese nation, but also unique in the treasure house of world culture and art. In the long history of evolution and development, Chinese characters, on the one hand, play an important social role in the exchange of ideas and cultural inheritance, on the other hand, they have formed a unique plastic arts. According to textual research in modern times, regarding the origin of China characters, it is generally believed that characters have been created in the "Yangshao Culture Period" in the middle reaches of the Yellow River in China about 5, or 6, years ago. Yangshao culture was named after it was first discovered in Yangshao Village, Jianshan, Henan Province in 1921. In the past 4 years, there have been many discoveries.

There are three types of characters of all nationalities in the world, namely, ideographic characters; Ideographic characters; Phonography. Chinese characters are typical ideographic characters developed on the basis of ideographic characters. The method of pictographic word-making is to draw the real thing. However, drawing tends to be more simplified and abstract, becoming a symbol that highlights the physical characteristics, representing a certain meaning and having a certain pronunciation ... Our Chinese characters, from pictures and symbols to creation and stereotypes, from ancient Chinese seal script to small seal script, and from seal script to official script, script, line and grass, have gradually taken shape. In the process of writing and applying Chinese characters, the unique and independent calligraphy art of all nationalities in the world has gradually emerged.