Introduction on Chinese Writing

Introduction to Chinese Calligraphy

- Translation from Google Translate (BETA) with help from Babel Fish Translation. This page has been translated directly from Chinese and therefore may be a bit strange in English.

The origin of Chinese characters in the original diary method, which sprout in a lengthy 6000 years ago, formed in the system in 4000 before the Xia Dynasty. The first is the paint and write. The reason why Chinese art, because the characters is based on the pictographic. Western language can become art of calligraphy, because they are in phonetic symbols developed, and is essentially different from Chinese characters.

After Oracle Bone characters, faces, Xiao Zhuan, the official script, cursive, regular script and stage of development, but its box shape remains unchanged. There are about more than 48,000 Chinese characters, a word that is a model unit. This has prompted people to write in the structure, modeling, ink on a wide range of ideas and creativity, so that every one of its characters have a special atmosphere. Chinese characters written in endless lines, which, in fact lines of calligraphy art.

Since the Qin and Han dynasties, the ancient calligraphy Style numerous and coexist, Calligraphy and Seal, belonging, really (in block letters), OK, five grass. Depending Qin before the Qin Dynasty and the text; Lishu popular Han Dynasty; I have a book in the tri-Wei period; Prior mature in the Eastern Jin Dynasty; Cursive originated in the Han Dynasty.

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Chinese art of calligraphy long, colorful. Wang Dongjin two: Wang Xizhi, Wang Xianzhi father; Early Tang Dynasty 4: Ou Yangxun, Connections, by Chu-liang,'s; Tang: Ages right lake, Yan Zhenqing; Song 4: Sushi, Huang Tingjian, Mi Fu and Cai Xiang; Yuan: Zhao Mengfu; Crown Ming and Qing Dynasties: Dong Qichang, etc., ages calligrapher abound. Only a regular script, it Europe, Yan, Yu, Chu and factions. The EU and thin; Yan Yuan and fertilizer; Yu word euphemism; Chu word elegant, straw, had both strong.

- One of my father's works

To commemorate the monument was unprecedented national and local event or a person's life story, written articles, Shan Heavy carved in the stone, set up in the hope of a long production. A writer, scripts, etc. Tang milestone. Worthy is the Northern and Southern Dynasties period of the Northern Wei Dynasty regular script, well-structured, stroke Shen Park. Stickers are descendants of the masters in the past written articles, poems, letters and manuscripts, carved in stone or rubbing down WORK board works. Different Calligraphy countless ancient Chinese calligrapher retained the art of calligraphy, traditional Chinese culture as a gem.

I believed that, a calligraphy work art may from the imposing manner, the whole echo, the flexibility, the structure, the handwriting is steady, aspect and so on innovation judges, the appreciation.

The Chinese character will be able to follow the human civilization forever to exist, but also will carry forward as the Chinese character art -- calligraphy, generation of will hand down, forever will spread.

Posted by Proabffmm on Thursday, November 22, 2007.