Is calligraphy art?

Calligraphy is art.

Calligraphy is an artistic expression of the beauty of the written word that is unique to China and the neighboring countries and regions that have been y influenced by Chinese culture. It includes Chinese calligraphy, Mongolian calligraphy, Arabic calligraphy and English calligraphy. Chinese calligraphy" is a traditional art unique to Chinese characters.

Broadly speaking, calligraphy refers to the law of writing symbols. In other words, calligraphy is the art of writing in accordance with the characteristics of the characters and their meanings, with their calligraphic strokes, structures and chapters, so that they become works of art that are rich in aesthetics. Calligraphy in Chinese characters is an original art of expression of the Han people, and is known as: a poem without words, a dance without lines; a painting without pictures, a music without sound, and so on.

In a narrow sense, calligraphy refers to the method and rules of writing Chinese characters with a brush. It includes the execution of the brush, brush movement, point drawing, structure, layout (distribution, line, chapter) and so on. For example, the pen finger real palm virtual, five fingers Qi force; pen stroke in the front of the spread of the hair; point and draw the intention to the pen with the same, Run crags; structure of the word to stand shape, the phase of peace and echo; distribution of intricate, sparse and dense, the virtual and real, the whole chapter through the gas; paragraph knowledge of the word ancient paragraph today, the word large paragraph small, rather high than low, and so on.