Appreciation of China Traditional Seal

Other meaning with the seal "Yin and Yang":

Seal cutting can be divided into male and female. Yin engraving and Yang engraving are two basic methods of traditional carving in China.

1, which is deliberately Zhu Wen on a white background, refers to the convex shape. It is a three-dimensional line that displays strokes on a flat object, similar to relief. In ancient movable type printing, positive engraving was used.

2. The inscription is the white character on the ink base, that is, the three-dimensional line is engraved under the plane object represented by the strokes, which is concave. Mainly used for seal cutting, seals, paper cutting and so on.

Allusions come from:

In the clear text, Peng's "On Yin Collection: Distinguishing Yin and Yu": "The so-called Yin and Yu in ancient times are not written in words." It means the so-called pattern of yin and yang in ancient times. Look at its usage, not its body.

Extended data:

Seal introduction:

A seal, also known as a seal, is a stationery printed on a document to indicate identity or signature. Generally, seals are dyed with pigments before printing. Those that are not stained with pigment and will appear concave and convex after being printed on a flat surface are called steel seals, and some are wax prints printed on wax or wax or envelopes. Made of metal, wood, stone, jade, etc.

Seal type:

Ancient seal in the Warring States Period:

Ancient seal is the general name of pre-Qin seal. Most of the earliest seals we can see now are ancient seals in the Warring States period. The strokes of seals are as thin as hair, and they are all cast. The ancient seal script in white language is made by adding more side bars or vertical grids in the middle, and the characters are cast and chiseled.

In addition to the names of Sima and Situ, the official seal has various irregular shapes, and the content is also engraved with auspicious words and vivid objects.

Three fat:

Qin Zhuan refers to the popular seal from the end of the Warring States Period to the beginning of the Western Han Dynasty, and the characters used are called. Look at its calligraphy style and Qin and Han dynasties, Qin stone carvings and other characters are very similar, are more popular than the ancient prose in the Warring States period.

Qin seals are mostly carved in white with a square surface. The official seal used by junior officials is about half the size of the general square official seal, rectangular and square, which is called "semi-pass seal".

Private seals are generally rectangular, but also round and oval. In addition to official names, personal names and Kyrgyz, there are proverbs and idioms such as "respecting things", "thinking about success" and "being harmonious with the people".

Official Seal of China:

Broadly speaking, it is a general term for official seal from Han Dynasty to Wei and Jin Dynasties. Compared with Qin Zhuan, the seal is more neat, straight, square and vigorous in style. At the end of the Western Han Dynasty, the handicraft industry was very developed, so the official seal ("Xin" was the name of Wang Mang's dynasty) was particularly exquisite and vivid, and the seal art of the Han Dynasty reached its peak.

Therefore, it became a model for later seal engravers to learn. The official seals of the two Han dynasties are mostly white, all of which are cast. Only a few troops are in urgent need of carving the official seal of the brothers instead of casting it, which will be introduced later.

China's personal seal:

China private seal is a private seal in the Han Dynasty, which is the largest and richest in ancient seals. Not only do they have different shapes, but they are all made of cinnabar and white, or decorated with patterns such as four spirits, and there are also multi-sided printing, overprinter (mother-child printing) and hook printing.

In addition to the name, the printed words often include Ji language, native place, table characters, and auxiliary words such as "seal", "private seal" and "letter seal". The button system is extremely diverse, which fully shows the ingenuity of Han craftsmen. Private printing in the Han Dynasty was still dominated by white, engraving in the Western Han Dynasty and chiseling and casting in the Eastern Han Dynasty.

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