What is poetry, calligraphy and painting seal?

Poems, calligraphy, paintings, and seals are the treasures of Chinese culture and art respectively. In the process of historical development, they have gradually integrated into one.

Let’s talk about calligraphy and painting first. The earliest writing in China was hieroglyphics. Hieroglyphics are actually simplified pictures. Therefore, it is said that calligraphy and painting have the same origin.

Many well-known painters in ancient times were also calligraphers; talking about poetry and painting, many ancient poets (such as Wang Wei) wrote poems that described beautiful scenery, which is said to contain paintings within poems.

At the same time, in order to express their emotions or interpret the meaning of the paintings, some painters add poems to the paintings, integrating poetry, calligraphy and painting; finally, there are seals and paintings. The text on the seal is a kind of calligraphy art, and the use of seals on the paintings is the artist's signature.

Traditional methods are also one of the important means to identify the authenticity of traditional Chinese paintings.

To sum up, poetry, calligraphy, painting and sealing are integrated into traditional Chinese culture and art.