What's the difference between Japanese calligraphy and China calligraphy?

There is no essential difference between Japanese calligraphy and China calligraphy. In the 3rd century, Chinese characters were introduced to Japan from China, and then Confucianism and Buddhism spread in Japan. Later, China people traveled to Japan and brought the original calligraphy of Wang Xizhi and Wang Xianzhi to Japan. The calligraphy of Wang Xizhi and Wang Xianzhi was widely circulated in Japan.

Then Hidden Yuan spread Mo Bao by Su Dongpo and others to Japan, which set off a frenzy of imitating the Tang Dynasty. Therefore, Japanese calligraphy is deeply influenced by ancient China calligraphy, and there is no difference between Japanese calligraphy and China calligraphy in essence.

However, in modern times, China's calligraphy is actually different from Japanese calligraphy, because China people inherit the tradition and continue the fine tradition of the ancients, while modern Japanese calligraphy breaks through the shackles of tradition and develops more boldly. Therefore, the handwriting of Japanese calligraphers will be very talented and will not be bound by ancient restrictions, so there will be works and I feel creative in them.

So what's the difference between Japanese modeling and China's calligraphy? That's the difference between inheritance and creation. Japanese calligraphy will be more romantic and individual, but China's calligraphy will be more orthodox and regular, but each has its own merits. Can't say who is bad, who is good. It can only be said that it is the characteristic of various schools of calligraphy in China. Just like pandas and bears, they are all handed down from the same ancestor and have their own characteristics.