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Calligraphy Format

Calligraphy format of different positions:

1, Banner: long strips of calligraphy and painting, with long rice paper full and folio (half or half folded), straight book of the work is known as the banner. Such as couplets are matched by two banners. Longer poems, such as not written in the hall can be framed into banners, very beautiful.

2, couplets: two folios, respectively, the upper and lower couplings, one of the traditional culture of the Han people, also known as couplets, couplets or couplets. Written on paper, cloth or carved in bamboo, wood, columns on the pair of statements. Couplets are neatly matched and harmonized, and are a unique art form of the Chinese language with one word and one tone.

3, in the hall: the material will be open or slightly smaller than the full open paper, and alone or hung in the couplets between the banners. Ming dynasty university in its office in the cabinet, the book in the east and west of the two rooms, the university in the center, so it is called in the hall.

Doufang is a vertical line written square works, writing content is generally four to six lines. When writing needs to pay attention to the spatial arrangement, the relationship between the body and the writing of the inscription, as well as the size of the seal and white space and other issues. In addition, the most basic elements of the calligraphy paragraph should include the title of the content written, the year and month of writing, the name of the writer.