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Five Different Types of Foo Characters

Fu is written in five different fonts, including Regular Script, Running Script, Cursive Script, Clerical Script and Seal Script.

The character "福" can be found on many celebratory occasions or objects that denote good fortune and luck, and is probably the most widely used of the traditional Chinese cultural symbols in terms of Chinese characters, which are written in a variety of ways.

The development of Chinese characters is reviewed in the general direction of the oracle bone inscriptions - Big Seal Script - Small Seal Script - Clerical Script - Regular Script. -Regular Script, just from these five stages of the evolution of Chinese characters, there are five ways to write the character Fu. In addition, the Chinese characters are also written in jinwen, running script, zhangcao, and cursive script....... As one of the most traditional and universal symbols, the writing of the character of fortune always expresses, in the minds of the common people, a kind of good wishes for the future and life!

Luoyang City, Henan Province, unearthed an ancient monument, that is, "Fukushou Tu" monument, one side of which is engraved with a hundred words of blessing, the writing of the word "blessing", none of the repetitions, the form of different, even if part of the indistinguishable belonging to the kind of font, there is no calligraphic significance of the unified form, but there is no one to the real, to fight the fake, perhaps this is the Chinese character of the Perhaps this is the tolerance and charm of Chinese characters.

Calligraphy

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 of Chinese characters is an original expressive art of the Han people, which is known as: a poem without words, a dance without lines; a painting without pictures, a music without sound, etc.

In December 2018, the General Office of the Ministry of Education on the announcement of the Shaoxing College of Arts and Sciences as calligraphy Chinese excellent traditional culture inheritance base.On April 29, 2021, the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China*** and the State of China decided to set up the Ministry of Education of the Chinese Calligraphy Education Steering Committee after a study.