Brief introduction of Dunhuang calligraphy

Due to the special natural environment and geographical conditions, Dunhuang not only preserved a large number of murals and color plastic arts, but also preserved a large number of

The amount of ink used in calligraphy. Dunhuang calligraphy is mainly based on the calligraphy of suicide notes unearthed in Tibetan scriptures caves, including ancient sites in Dunhuang area.

Unearthed Han bamboo slips calligraphy, grotto inscriptions and existing inscriptions calligraphy.

First, Dunhuang suicide note calligraphy. Dunhuang suicide note includes more than 40,000 volumes of ink from the Sixteen States of Jin to the Northern Song Dynasty.

It is the most abundant and systematic first-hand material to study the history and calligraphy art of China during the opening period. Dunhuang heritage

The style of books has obvious characteristics of the times and regions, which is called "classic style". The "classic calligraphy style" originated from the "simplified calligraphy" in the Han Dynasty.

"Ti", a regular script completed in the Tang Dynasty, is an important word for copying scriptures after the Jin Dynasty. It successfully recorded the China script.

The whole process of changing regular script has played an important role in promoting the development of characters.

There are three kinds of rubbings of Tang Dynasty in Dunhuang suicide note. There is a book "Taming the Zen Master" and a book "Jin" by Liu Gongquan.

It's just a classic, Li Shimin's Hot Springs by Emperor Taizong, and three of Wang Xizhi's 17 posts. These rubbings and temporary copies are extremely valuable.

It's expensive, and it's a rare Mo Bao in the Tang Dynasty.

The manuscript about calligraphy theory in Dunhuang suicide note has three leaves, which is quite remarkable. The first is to discuss writing methods.

The proportional relationship of strokes, the thickness, the length and the width, and the size relationship between words are all discussed thoroughly and incisively.

The second and third parts are Wang Xizhi's calligraphy theory, and the residual volume of "The Theory of Stroke" is Wang Xizhi's copy of calligraphy theory in folklore.

Hard pen calligraphy in Dunhuang scrolls is a folk creation that has never been recorded in the history of calligraphy. At that time, the so-called hard pen was a wooden pen or

Reed pen Judging from the physical objects unearthed in Gansu, the tip of the hard pen split into two petals, which is exactly the same as the tip dipped in water today. this

It shows that China's hard pen calligraphy has existed since ancient times.

Because Dunhuang was occupied by many nationalities in history, many minority languages were preserved in the suicide note.

The writing of words. There are Sanskrit, Mongolian, Uighur, Xixia, Tubo and so on. Among them, Tibetan (ancient Tibetan)

The largest number. These volumes are written with brush or hard pen, which are quite neat and smooth, full of rhythm and unique aesthetic feeling.

Interesting, with high artistic value of calligraphy.

Dunhuang suicide notes are written in volumes, most of which are copied with pens, which is a great achievement of ancient folk calligraphy. The copy of the paper is being copied.

A scribe or an ordinary person employed. They copy all the year round, practice makes perfect, long books become art, and some are strong and brave in writing.

Dramatic; Some of them are skilled, elegant and gentle. Calligraphy style, cursive script, official script and seal script are all ready, with bright colors and strong expressive force.

Nature is simple and flexible. Its skill, judgment and aesthetic taste are admirable!

Second, the inscriptions on the grottoes. There are a lot of historical ink in the murals of 492 caves in Mogao Grottoes. Yiwei Buddha statue painting

The title of the list, one is the inscription of the sponsor, written by the painter who created the mural. Although there are many ink marks, they are clumsy.

No, except for a few excellent ones, most of them are painters' works, and there are many typos. But the style of calligraphy is simple and naive.

The smell of earth.

Third, Dunhuang stele calligraphy. There are many stone tablets from Tang Dynasty to Qing Dynasty in Dunhuang area. It was written in different times, this book.

The style of law also has its own dry autumn. Among them, Li Kerang rebuilt the Mogao Grottoes monument in the early Tang Dynasty, which was a masterpiece in the monument. Although its inscription is written in letters,

Book, but with Weibei style, unique structure and writing, is a rare monument for later generations.

Fourth, the calligraphy of Han bamboo slips. Bamboo slips of the Han Dynasty are the most precious materials for studying the history of the Han Dynasty in China. It is also a study of the Han Dynasty.

First-hand information on style evolution and calligraphy art More than 7480 pieces of Han bamboo slips/kloc-0 were unearthed from the Han tomb site in Dunhuang area.

Among the Han bamboo slips discovered in China, bamboo slips occupy an extremely important position. The unearthed Han bamboo slips in Dunhuang made the official script mature.

Advance this period from the last years of the Eastern Han Dynasty to the middle of the Western Han Dynasty, from which we can see the dramatic changes and achievements of Guli's transformation to Han Li.

Mature process. Calligraphy in Han bamboo slips is a link between the preceding and the following, which opened the later model, line and cursive script.