Why do ancient paintings and calligraphy need to be framed?

"People want clothes, Buddha wants gold", calligraphy and painting is also the same, no framed calligraphy and painting if you want to hang up, the whole can not be more beautiful, the characteristics can not be more distinctive. But if the clothes do not fit, do not match, but counterproductive. So painting and calligraphy framing is a very professional craft, not as simple as mending shoes and clothes, the development has become a traditional industry.

On the other hand, Chinese calligraphy and painting are mainly created on raw silk or rice paper. Its material is thin and easily broken. From the practical need for reinforcement, but also the need for its framing and reinforcement, in order to facilitate the preservation, easy to view, many generations of valuable calligraphy, painting, and even books, inscriptions, etc., can be survived to today, although there are a variety of reasons, but, one of the most critical point, is because of the framing, by the paper, silk, silk, and other materials, will be the back of, around the cause of the protection.

In addition, the calligraphy and painting ink wonderful, after framing, can be glowing, vivid. Not only the icing on the cake, but also to improve the artistic effect of the work. Mr. Fu Baoshi said in the article "framing difficult": "as a work of art, in addition to the picture of the artistic level of the decision in the painter and outside, framing is the most important one off." Folk widely spread "three painting seven points framing" said, although some exaggeration, but from this can also realize the close relationship between framing and painting and calligraphy. In short, Chinese painting and calligraphy without framing, can not be considered a complete work of art.