What kind of traditional seal cutting technology has China developed?

China seal cutting is developed from the ancient seal making technology in China.

China seal cutting is a unique carving art with stone as the main material, carving knife as the tool and Chinese characters as the expression form. It developed from the ancient seal making technology in China, and has a history of more than 3,000 years. Chinese seals have different names with different users over time. The seal before Qin dynasty was called Gao.

After Qin Shihuang unified China, it was stipulated that the emperor should use the seal, the seal of ordinary people. The seals used by emperors, queens and kings in Han Dynasty are called seals, and the names of seals, seals and seals appear in official seals and private seals. The Tang dynasty was called Bao. Since the Song and Yuan Dynasties, official seals and private seals have been printed with names such as Ji, Zhu Ji, Toutou, Stamp and Stamp. Seal cutting originated in China, and then spread and became popular in East Asia.

A brief history of seal cutting

The seal originated from the class society, initially as a symbol of documents, and later became a certificate of rights and interests. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, seals were widely used, including articles, gold coins and standard instruments. Qin and Han dynasties were the prosperous period of seals, and the official seals in Han dynasty had formed a whole set of systems, and the forms of seals were more diverse.

Most of the printed texts are printed by Miao. Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties basically followed the tradition of Qin and Han seals. In the Tang Dynasty, the size of the official seal increased, the seal was Xiao Zhuan, and most of the inscriptions were Zhu Wen. During the Song and Yuan Dynasties, the scope of private printing began to expand, and book collection printing, book collection printing and word printing rose. The shape, material, carving and layout of seals have changed significantly.

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