Chinese Calligraphy

An Epigraph on My Humble Home - Chinese Painting

China's calligraphy is a unique ancient art and develops with the development of Chinese civilization. Indeed few peoples in this world own such a special art, besides China's calligraphy owns the long history and colorfulness.

As an artistic creation, calligraphy owns the profound and deep magic and mysteries and it spreads and expands its uniqueness and attraction and many people are indulged into its charm from generation to generation. Generally speaking, it experiences inscriptions on bones and bronzes, big seal and small seal in the early period. In Wei and Jin dynasties the basic structures and diversities of calligraphy roughly formed and finalized, that is, cursive hand, regular script, free script etc.

Calligraphy forms the meaningful, intentional and poetic structure on the undefined paper and leaves the impressive marks and remains by virtue of the agility, instability and levity of brush pen as well as the abundance and variety of water and Chinese ink. Therefore, calligraphy is an art of composing or structure. The brush of calligrapher is the extension of his fingers, and the celerity, slowness, motion, pause and transition are all mastered by calligrapher's subjectiveness and his release and abreaction of emotions and sentiments, so the calligraphy is an art of expression. The masterpieces of calligraphers stealthily reflect their life experiences, acquirement, self-cultivation and individuality and there are some sayings “the calligraphy is equal to calligrapher’s personality and cultivation”, “the calligraphy is the expression of calligrapher’s inner self”, and the calligraphy could be treated as gifts which are very elegant and decent in traditional way.

 

 

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