How to use calligraphy seal

1, calligraphy and painting on the seal, the seal is bigger than the word. Of course, it is natural to stamp a big seal and a small seal.

2. Chinese painting is stamped under the lettering, down to the bottom corner, and corner capping is not allowed. For example, the upper right corner and the lower left corner can be stamped with leisure stamps, and the upper left corner and the lower right corner can be stamped. If the above words are printed near the lower corner, there is no need to stamp the leisure stamp.

3. Chinese painting banners are signed, and the left and right corners are not allowed to be stamped. Square leisure stamp can be affixed to the upper right corner, square leisure stamp can be affixed to the upper left corner and square leisure stamp can be affixed to the lower right corner. You don't need to stamp a chapter here to be self-defeating

4. Rectangular, circular and rectangular leisure chapters should not be covered in the position of the corner-pressing leisure chapter in the lower corner.

5, the square leisure chapter can not be covered on the painting and calligraphy, usurping the host's role.

Extended data

There are many kinds of seals with a long history. Let's start with the history and types of seals.

1, ancient seal of the Warring States Period

Ancient seal is the general name of pre-Qin seal. Most of the earliest seals we can see now are ancient seals in the Warring States period. The strokes of seals are as thin as hair, and they are all cast. The ancient seal script in white language is made by adding more side bars or vertical grids in the middle, and the characters are cast and chiseled. In addition to the names of Sima and Situ, the official seal has various irregular shapes, and the content is also engraved with auspicious words and vivid objects.

2. Qin seal

Qin Zhuan refers to the popular seal from the end of the Warring States Period to the beginning of the Western Han Dynasty, and the characters used are called. Look at its calligraphy style and Qin and Han dynasties, Qin stone carvings and other characters are very similar, are more popular and easy to understand than the ancient prose of the Warring States period.

Qin seals are mostly carved in white with a square surface. The official seal used by junior officials is about half the size of the general square official seal, rectangular and square, which is called "semi-pass seal". Private printing generally also likes rectangles.

In addition, there are circular and oval forms. Besides official names and Kyrgyz, proverbs and idioms such as "respect things", "think success" and "harmony with the masses" are printed.

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