What do the four arts mean? What are the four arts?

1, the four arts refer to piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. The four arts usually refer to the four arts admired and mastered by China literati. Qin refers to playing the piano, chess refers to playing chess, book refers to calligraphy, and painting refers to painting.

2. "Chess" in Qinqi calligraphy and painting refers to Go, also known as Chess, which originated in ancient China and is a strategic two-person chess game, in which checkered chessboards and black and white pieces are used to play. Weiqi is popular in East Asian countries (mainly China, Japan and South Korea) and covers the whole world. This is a very popular board game.

3. Calligraphy, usually called "China Calligraphy", is a unique traditional Chinese character art in China. Calligraphy in a broad sense refers to the writing rules of language symbols. In other words, calligraphy refers to writing with its brushwork, structure and composition according to the characteristics and significance of words, making it a beautiful work of art.