The ancients' verses praising calligraphy are as follows:
1. The dew drops are full of spring light, and the clouds are full of strength. Please look into the wood, not even an inch is empty. ——"Book"
2. You are so good at this art, and you pile up walls and fail like hills. ——"Shi Cang Shu Zui Mo Tang"
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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, invisible dance, pictureless painting, silent music, etc.
In December 2018, the General Office of the Ministry of Education announced that Shaoxing University of Arts and Sciences was a base for the inheritance of excellent Chinese traditional culture in calligraphy. On April 29, 2021, the People's Republic of China and the Ministry of Education decided to establish the Chinese Calligraphy Education Steering Committee of the Ministry of Education after research.
Basic meaning
From the superficial meaning of the word, calligraphy refers to the method of writing. In life, the word calligraphy also has the following meanings: first, the name of a certain writing work or the collective name of all writing works; second, an art category, generally referring to the art of writing Chinese characters. Kang Youwei said in "Guang Yi Zhou Shuang Ji": "The structure of Tang language is the same as Song Dynasty's interest." From this, it can be seen that the calligraphy of the Tang Dynasty pursued the highest and most rigorous standards, and the calligraphy achievements of the Tang Dynasty were also the highest in the history of calligraphy.
Calligraphy is a traditional art unique to China. Chinese characters were created by the working people. They began to use pictures to record events. After thousands of years of development, they evolved into today's characters. And because our ancestors invented writing with brushes, calligraphy came into being. Throughout the ages, brushes have been the main method of writing Chinese characters. , as for other writing forms, such as hard pen, finger writing, etc., the writing rules are not completely different from those of calligraphy, but are basically the same.