Intangible Cultural Heritage China Calligraphy

Intangible cultural heritage China's calligraphy.

China's calligraphy is an ancient art of writing Chinese characters. Calligraphy has always exuded artistic charm, from Oracle Bone Inscriptions, Yunnan, to Dazhuan, Xiaozhuan and Lishu, and then to cursive script, regular script and running script in the Eastern Han Dynasty and Wei and Jin Dynasties.

China's calligraphy is an original performance art of the Han nationality, which is known as: poetry without words, dancing without words; Painless paintings, silent music.

China's 5,000-year splendid civilization and unparalleled rich written records have been recognized by the world. In this long and profound history, China's calligraphy and painting art reproduces this diachronic evolution process with its unique artistic form and artistic language.

In the historical evolution, calligraphy and painting, a sister art, explained the traditional cultural connotation of China with its complementarity and independence.

Calligraphy is an abstract symbolic art based on Chinese characters and written with a brush, which has four-dimensional characteristics. It embodies the basic law of the "unity of opposites" of all things, and reflects the spirit, temperament, knowledge and cultivation of people as the main body.

China's historical civilization is a diachronic and linear process, and China's calligraphy art shows its development under such a background.

In the embryonic period of calligraphy (from Yin Shang Dynasty to the late Han Dynasty), writing experienced the evolution of Oracle Bone Inscriptions, ancient prose (bronze inscriptions), Da Zhuan (bronze inscriptions), Xiao Zhuan, Li Shu (eight points), cursive script, running script and original works.

In the heyday of calligraphy (Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties to Sui and Tang Dynasties), the art of calligraphy entered a new realm. From seal script to simple cursive script and real calligraphy, it became the mainstream style in this period. The appearance of Wang Xizhi, a great calligrapher, made the art of calligraphy shine brilliantly, and his artistic achievements were highly respected in the Tang Dynasty.

At the same time, a number of calligraphers appeared in the Tang Dynasty, such as Yu Shinan, Ou Yangxun, Jun Yiliang, Yan Zhenqing and Liu Gongquan. In calligraphy attainments, each has his own merits and diverse styles. After the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, China's calligraphy became a national symbol, representing the profoundness of China culture and the eternal charm of national culture.

China's calligraphy was listed as the world's intangible cultural heritage at the fourth meeting of UNESCO's Intergovernmental Committee for the Protection of Intangible Cultural Heritage held from September 28th, 2006 to October 2nd, 2003/KLOC-0.