On China's Language Art

The so-called Chinese art is to form a unique aesthetic feeling through language expression. The following is a brief talk about the language art in China that I recommend for your reference.

On China's Language Art Model 1: On the Charm of Chinese Characters and China's Language and Culture

Chinese civilization has a long history, and the Yangtze River and the Yellow River are interwoven into thousands of years of longitude and latitude. Chinese culture, like a winding torrent, originated from ancient mountains and flowed to Ye Ping, Wan Li with great momentum. The source of running water was excavated by ancient ancestors, which brought together the myth between dream and reality, brilliant art and a wave of harmony between man and nature. Our civilization, with Chinese as the carrier, has passed on thousands of years of history, stretching over 9.6 million square kilometers of land. Chinese, with its calmness and elegance, has written a brilliant and immortal stroke in history.

Chinese is the essence of our nation and an important part of China's traditional culture. However, we often hear foreign songs with a strong sense of rhythm in the street, but a thick layer of dust falls on our folk music CD; English training institutions are all around us. Why can't we find several Chinese education institutions? This has to make us ponder. What is more is deep sorrow, and what is less is the clear pronunciation and mellow voice of Chinese.

I once read a report that a man wrote an article called "History of Lions Eating Lions". It is said that the whole article has only one pronunciation? Stone? (of course, the tone is different). I think Chinese is the only language in the world that can do this! This is the charm of China people, this is the charm of our traditional culture and this is the charm of our nation. People in every country can say that their language is the most beautiful language in the world, but those unreasonable westerners attack their mother tongue crazily.

Clear pronunciation and mellow voice, what's worse is the taste of our nation! From Confucius, Dong Zhongshu to Zhu, and then to Lu Xun, the efforts of generations of cultural giants have built a cultural building of our nation and formed a great cultural tradition. It is this cultural tradition that breeds our national character and cultivates our national modern style.

Is the Chinese culture created by our ancestors heading for crisis or even extinction in our generation? Don't! ? Stand for heaven and earth, stand for the people, link the past with the future, and create peace for all generations? This is our responsibility. Even today when the tide of globalization is very fierce, we are still willing to be the watchmen of China culture. I believe we will write more vigorous China strokes and dance more vigorous loong poses!

From Oracle Bone Inscriptions in Xia and Shang Dynasties to official script in Qin and Han Dynasties; From the running script of Wei and Jin Dynasties to the regular script of Sui and Tang Dynasties. When Qin Shihuang unified the six countries, in order to meet the needs of social development, he unified the characters of the six countries. In this way, people from the six countries can communicate more conveniently, and their spoken and written languages are getting closer to the same standard. Later, literati invented a new vocabulary, which was gradually integrated into people's lives and gradually recognized by people. With the help of these text carriers, we can always feel the immortality and glory of Chinese for more than 5 thousand years.

There is no doubt that China is one of the oldest countries in the world. The language of China also has a long history. How does Chinese spread after the passage of time? It is because the Chinese nation prays for unity, peace and strong spiritual strength. For more than 5,000 years, the Chinese nation has always guarded its spiritual wealth, and more importantly, its civilization and soul, whether it is dynasty change or foreign aggression. This is the greatest and most lasting protection in the world. The General History of the World says that if a person who lived in the Han Dynasty is resurrected to the Tang Dynasty, he will find that his language remains unchanged. If a man who lived in ancient Rome is resurrected hundreds of years later, he will hear that people's languages are very different from his own? This shows the charm of Chinese.

Chinese is concise and the language structure is simple; The combination of words and sounds in the recording language is easy to understand and remember, so it also extends the characteristics of Chinese. Idioms in Chinese are typical examples. Idioms can refine and summarize a phenomenon, and four-character idioms are equivalent to describing a phenomenon with a dozen words or more. However, the idioms near the cross are very fluent and easy to remember and understand. In China's ancient fables, idioms are often used as titles to vividly illustrate the philosophy contained in this fable; On the other hand, ancient Greek fables use nouns to express one-sided stories, such as China's fables "Mending the Dead Sheep" and "Stealing the Clock", and Aesop's fables "Dogs and Reflection" and "Farmers and Snakes". This shows that Chinese is vivid on the surface, but it actually contains profound truth. There are also Chinese proverbs, proverbs and two-part allegorical sayings, which are very vivid and easy to understand, and can be used from senior officials to grassroots people. The use of common sayings, proverbs and two-part allegorical sayings makes Chinese expressions more colorful.

Europeans regard language as a tool, while China regards language as an art, which can also be said to be one of the strengths of China people. European art is architecture, sculpture, painting, etc. China people regard speaking Chinese and writing Chinese characters as art? Calligraphy? This is an art, needless to say. Han fu? 、? Tang poetry? 、? Song ci? Wait, are all language arts limited to Chinese? Chinese painting also uses pen and ink to draw Chinese characters, instead of having a set of special painting tools like Europeans.

In the form of writing, the difference between Chinese characters and western languages is that there are many ways to write Chinese characters, especially fonts, which are divided into official script, regular script, cursive script, running script, song style and so on. Among them, regular script is divided into European style, Liu Ti style, Yan style and Zhao Ti style. Wang Xizhi is called because of his running script? Book saint? Zhang Xu is pushing weeds to the top. It is precisely because of the changeable form of Chinese characters and different aesthetic views from different angles that calligraphy has developed into a unique traditional art. It is written according to the characteristics and significance of Chinese characters, and its brushwork, structure and composition make it a beautiful work of art. China's calligraphy is an original performance art of the Han nationality, which is known as: silent poetry, wireless dance, and silent music without painting. Chinese is catchy, which is mainly reflected in the artistic forms such as Tang poetry, Song poetry and Yuanqu. Since ancient times, literati like to have a cup of fragrant tea in the afternoon, recite a poem in a low voice, or sing a strange poem in Drinking the Moon Alone. The good-sounding feature of Chinese is also mainly reflected in traditional Chinese opera. The connotation of China's traditional operas includes singing, singing, dancing, martial arts and acrobatics, among which the artistic charm of China language accounts for a large part, which is different from western traditional operas, ballets and dramas. China's Peking Opera, Huangmei Opera and Kunqu Opera. It also touched countless audiences because of its unique charm.

The arbitrariness of Chinese sentence patterns is different from the strict grammatical requirements in the West. Chinese is not too strict in grammar. Even if a sentence does not obviously include subject, predicate and object, we can still understand the central meaning. In addition, the artistic charm brought by the randomness of sentence patterns is mainly reflected in prose. ? Eight masters in Tang and Song Dynasties? If the article is translated into English, it will definitely lose its unique randomness and atmosphere, and it will be tasteless to read.

The charm of Chinese is particularly prominent in classical poetry. An outstanding feature of classical poetry language is accuracy, vividness and image. It is not only very attractive, but also beautiful and meaningful, which can leave a lasting impression on people. And then what? Tang poetry? 、? Song ci? And so on, is undoubtedly the pinnacle of China's art, they especially emphasize the rhyming of flat and even tones, parallelism and antithesis, and skillfully use Chinese characters to express the characteristics of sound and meaning at the same time, so that poetry not only reads well, but also expresses inner feelings by describing the scenery. Because of the artistry of Chinese characters, many China literati spent their whole lives honing the perceptual art of China people. Wang Wei's? The desert is lonely and straight, and the long river sets the yen? ("summit")? Straight man? With what? Round? The word "two words" makes the monotonous and sad scene have the opposite aesthetic effect. ? Solitary smoke? This is a monotonous landscape, with a? Straight man? Writing solitary smoke in Chinese characters not only loses the sense of monotony, but also sets off the vastness of the desert, writing the strength and perseverance of solitary smoke; ? Sunset? It's easy to give people sad feelings, but here's one? Round? Words, but let the sunset look gorgeous and spectacular. Du fu's sad state, can not help but burst into tears, birds are amazing, leaving sorrow and hate. ? (Hope in Spring)? Splash? 、? Surprised? The word "two" not only uses fresh words, but also adds to the poet's feeling of hating other inner pains. Examples like this can be said to be everywhere in classical poetry.

Language is the direct carrier of culture. China culture not only embodies the tempering of words, but also forms some words expressing specific connotations. These words have gone beyond their basic meanings in the field of literary creation and evaluation, and led to the deep level of national culture and national aesthetic psychology. Like in classical poetry? Cold? The word "Zi" has gone beyond the original cold meaning, and more often implies the cultural value orientation and aesthetic taste of ancient China literati, which has become a collective consciousness accumulated in the depths of China classical culture and formed a unique cultural implication. The original meaning of cold is cold, cold, and the extended meaning is cold, sad, bitter, poor, humble, wilting, wilting, and the voice is bleak. A lot of poetry? Cold smoke? 、? Cool colors? 、? Han Bi? 、? Hanshan? 、? Western Western jackdaw? 、? Han Tang? Wait, explain? Cold? It can not only represent a body surface feeling, but also represent a visual and auditory impression, and can also be embodied as a psychological experience. In these words, it doesn't matter what form the specific image is presented. What's important is that we realized the loneliness, sublimity, seclusion, sadness and so on that the poet wanted to convey in this image. Cold? It has a unique cultural meaning. Besides, like what? Full moon? Canyue? Rural areas? In the field of literary creation and evaluation, such words have gone beyond their basic meanings, become a kind of cultural accumulation, and formed a unique cultural implication.

Chinese is different from other languages, and its rich morphemes and vocabulary make it more dazzling in the world. A Japanese university professor who teaches Chinese was at a loss when translating Bing Xin's ode to cherry blossoms. Sakura Zan wrote:? Cherry blossoms, with overlapping shadows, are the most vivid and solemn cherry blossoms I have ever seen. Flowers are like a sea of clouds, blushing in the morning light, full of colors and time? . The professor said to me: Your adjectives in China are so rich that they are only used to describe them? Beautiful? There are countless words, but Japan has only? Beautiful? 、? Beautiful? Several adjectives, Sakura Zan, translated into Japanese, become dry and tasteless bad rice. ? Nowadays, with the development of society, the original vocabulary is not enough to express people's ideas. As a result, some new words came into being and quickly became popular. Some words appear because they are interesting, such as? Excuse me, what do you mean? Bright? . Since 2008, it has become a popular emoji in online communities in Chinese-speaking areas and one of the most frequently used words in online chats, forums and blogs. Depressed, sad and helpless? Meaning. ? Is awkward also described as? 265438+The most popular Chinese characters in the 20th century? . There are also some words that appear because they can reflect real problems and have good irony. Like what? Outside the building? 、? Is the building fragile? Wait a minute. There are also some words that appear simply because some people are bored and grandstanding, such as? Come out and experience life? what's up Brother Sharp? 、? See the sauce purple? What does this mean? Don't do that

What people in China admire most when reading Sakura Praise is the clever use of it by the author? Stay and reflect, fight for beauty, the reflection of Huaguang, blushing and colorful? These adjectives can only be understood. But I'm afraid it's hard to translate the most exquisite part of Chinese, even if you ask a first-class English master to translate it? Stay and reflect, fight for beauty, the reflection of Huaguang, blushing and colorful? These words are translated as they are.

China's language is extensive and profound, and its artistic charm is difficult to fully show only in my opinion. This article can only be a simple and superficial appreciation of the artistic charm of our language in China. Chinese sons and daughters, descendants of the Chinese people, the urgent task is to carry forward our traditional culture, and with our joint efforts, Chinese, an ancient language, exudes youthful charm to the world.

On Fan Wener of Chinese Language Art —— Also on Calligraphy Art and Chinese Language Culture

Keywords: Chinese characters; Calligraphy; Traditional culture; Artistic innovation

First, from the connotation of calligraphy, the art of calligraphy is the proper meaning of China's language and culture.

All civilized nations in the world have their own scripts, or scripts created by referring to other national scripts, and also have scripts, but their scripts have not become art forms (such as Latin scripts and Arabic scripts). In addition, today's Chinese phonetic alphabet is created by Latin letters and spelled in Latin characters, so people can't write with calligraphy literacy, achieving an aesthetic effect similar to China's calligraphy. This shows that only Chinese characters are the basis of creating the artistic image of calligraphy, and calligraphy art is the proper meaning of China language and culture.

(1) The definition of calligraphy refers to the writing of Chinese characters. China's calligraphy is extensive and profound. There are many definitions (connotations) of calligraphy, and there is no final conclusion at present, but each definition is closely related to China's language and culture. Here, give a few examples to illustrate:

First, calligraphy, as its name implies, is the way Chinese characters are written.

Secondly, calligraphy is a knowledge about writing Chinese characters.

Thirdly, calligraphy is based on the traditional culture of China. Four Treasures of the Study? As a tool, it is an art to express feelings by writing Chinese characters. Mainly including brushwork, calligraphy, composition, pen and ink, etc.

All the above three formulations show that calligraphy is an abstract symbolic art with China language and culture characteristics based on Chinese characters, and Chinese characters are the expression of calligraphy art.

(2) Calligraphy is the artistic expression of Chinese characters. There are three main reasons why Chinese characters can become art:

Chinese characters have one feature that other characters don't have. Chinese characters are neither pictures simulating nature nor abstract symbols that anyone wants. What are they? It depends on the heart of heaven and earth, and it depends on nature. The form created by pictographic and knowing methods is an independent and complete form based on monosyllabic words in Chinese.

2. The physical composition of Chinese characters fully reflects people's understanding of the physical composition of all things in nature. Inspired by various traces of nature, people created hieroglyphics. With hieroglyphics as the basis, there is reference for creating other characters. Therefore, words created by cognition, pictophonetic characters, etc. developed with the actual language. In this way, monosyllabic words with complete forms have prepared a good foundation for calligraphy to create a vital image.

3. The key to making Chinese characters into art is writing. With the development of practical needs, the improvement of writing tools and the summary of writing skills and methods, Chinese characters have developed into forms such as big seal script, ancient script, Zhang script and even regular script. Posture has changed, strokes have changed, and writing style has changed. However, by making full use of writing methods and the basic structure of Chinese characters, we have created vivid abstract forms, powerful movement rhythms and strokes with life and organic significance, and constructed a vivid image, which has been maintained all the time, and has become clearer and stronger.

Secondly, from the structural factors of calligraphy, calligraphy is the expression of the artistic characteristics of Chinese characters.

The writing of Chinese characters can become an art, besides the writer's own artistic creativity, a fundamental reason is that Chinese characters are endowed with artistic characteristics. Calligraphy is the expression of the artistic characteristics of Chinese characters.

(1) The artistic language of calligraphy is the stroke lines of Chinese characters.

The artistic language of calligraphy is the strokes and lines of Chinese characters, which has certain restrictions and high quality requirements, that is, the lines written directly by a vigorous calligrapher. Because the strokes of Chinese characters are artistic and expressive, not only calligraphers must follow, but also calligraphers are willing to use them.

1, Chinese characters have rich strokes. Rich strokes can form rich forms and contain rich contents. There are many Chinese characters, such as Oracle Bone Inscriptions, Zhuan, Li, Kai, Xing and Cao. And their strokes are constantly enriched from simple to complex. Take the regular script with the most comprehensive statutes as an example, its basic strokes are a little, horizontal, vertical, left, pressed, picked, hooked and folded. Moreover, each stroke has many forms.

2. The strokes of Chinese characters are vivid. The strokes and lines of Chinese characters are an abstraction, generalization and description of the appearance of objective things in long-term social practice. At the same time, they are also human creations with some images. Every stroke of calligraphy in the past dynasties has the image of a calligrapher. The strokes of Chinese characters are very expressive. The rich and changeable strokes of Chinese characters are born with rich and subtle emotions. The lines of different strokes give people different emotional feelings. Generally speaking, the horizontal line gives people the feeling of being broad and quiet; Vertical lines make people feel tall and straight; Slant lines make people feel critical and thrilling; Curves make people feel flowing, changing, soft, light and beautiful.

(2) The artistic structure of calligraphy is shaped by the lines of Chinese characters.

Calligraphy is a plastic art, and the mission of art is to express truth in the form of perceptual artistic image. The image of calligraphy art is to create a wonderful structure through Chinese character lines.

1. The hieroglyphics of Chinese characters have influenced and promoted the image-building of calligraphy. Chinese characters in China are pictographic. If there is a pictographic basis, it is artistic. Chinese characters always follow ideographic characters, and there are images in symbols. Elephant? The scope of is also wider, called. Image, image, image meaning, image sound? . This? Four elephants? It belongs to the pictographic spirit and embodies the artistry of Chinese characters.

2. The diversity of Chinese characters influences and promotes the image-building of calligraphy. The rich strokes and complex structures of Chinese characters come from natural and ideographic features. A calligrapher can create the artistic image of calligraphy according to his own understanding and aesthetic pursuit, but in any case, the inherent characteristics of Chinese characters can not be ignored.

Third, from the perspective of developing calligraphy art, we should adhere to the tradition of writing Chinese characters.

Inheritance is the foundation of innovation and innovation is the purpose of inheritance. The changing law of calligraphy creation in past dynasties stems from the progress of artistic aesthetics in a specific historical period, and also from the pictographic structure of Chinese characters, which makes artistic creation extremely plastic and creative.

(1) Writing Chinese characters is the stipulation of calligraphy itself.

Calligraphy Chinese characters include two basic aspects: first, writing, that is, calligraphy is written, not drawn or made, and its creative process is the process of writing. Second, the object of writing is Chinese characters rather than other things. These two aspects are an inseparable whole.

(2) Calligraphy art is the art with the most China cultural characteristics.

Writing Chinese characters is not only a prescriptive problem of calligraphy itself, but also involves the cultural characteristics of this art, and calligraphy is the art with the most China cultural characteristics. When it is put together with other arts, its cultural identity in China is the most direct, intense and distinctive. If you see a calligraphy in the west, even if it is? Chinatown? A sign will immediately remind you of China.

(3) Learning calligraphy requires long-term tempering and understanding of Chinese character lines.

Learning methods, copying the excellent inscriptions of the ancients is the channel, and there is no choice. The ancients wrote Chinese characters with a brush from an early age. Copying ancient Chinese characters means writing Chinese characters. It is difficult to learn calligraphy without long-term solid traditional calligraphy copying skills. The difficulty of calligraphy lies in the tempering of Chinese character lines. Line is the carrier of human spirit and personality. To make line reach the realm of calligraphy, you need to devote yourself wholeheartedly, and you need to devote yourself wholeheartedly for a lifetime. Another important aspect of learning calligraphy is the knot-shaped characters, and the process of learning is to imitate the process of the ancient knot-shaped characters. As for the style and composition of calligraphy, only by carefully understanding and grasping it as a whole in the mode of temporary study can we gradually understand and appreciate it.