On the Traditional Culture of Calligraphy

Calligraphy is the original art of the Chinese nation and one of the excellent traditional cultures of the Chinese nation. It is not only the same as China's paintings, but also a symbol of China's philosophy, oriental culture and Chinese national spirit.

Mr. Lu Xun said: "Decorating characters is for beauty" and "unique to China". This shows that (1) Chinese characters are the carrier of calligraphy. China's calligraphy is based on writing Chinese characters. Without Chinese characters as a carrier, China's calligraphy could not exist at all.

(2) Calligraphy art takes the form of using strokes to deal with space division. On paper, silk, silk, walls and other materials, according to or basically according to the laws of Chinese characters, the space is divided by strokes, and the structural form and overall image of Chinese characters are obtained, showing the formal beauty of calligraphy art (3) Expressing the writer's emotions is the connotation. Form exists to express connotation. The connotation of calligraphy is manifested in two aspects: first, the connotation expressed by calligraphy itself, which is the basis of the existence of calligraphy art. Calligraphers use skillful skills and ingenious means to pour all their artistic pursuits and aesthetic interests into their works, endowing them with the richest connotation and creating higher (or highest) aesthetic value. The second is the connotation of dialectical content, that is, the connotation expressed by written content. This is an objective existence that calligraphy art can't get rid of. Every Chinese character must express a certain content, calligraphy must be based on Chinese characters, and Chinese characters must contain certain connotations. Calligraphy, as an art, is indispensable to the above two aspects. Only by unifying these two aspects can calligraphy reach the richest connotation and the highest realm.

(4) Calligraphy is a kind of visual art .. Calligraphers show high-grade and rich-content calligraphy works to people, so that people can appreciate the connotation of the works, accept the infection of the works, feel the artistic charm of the works and enjoy the pleasure brought by the beauty of the works through examination and thinking. In other words, people appreciate the art of calligraphy through vision.

So, what is calligraphy? Generally speaking, calligraphy is the art of writing Chinese characters. More precisely, calligraphy is a kind of line modeling art with Chinese characters as the expression carrier and brush (or hard pen) as the expression tool.

In other words, the reason why calligraphy can become a unique traditional art in China is mainly due to two basic conditions-Chinese characters and writing brush. That is to say, we can find the reason from the modeling foundation and performance tools of China's calligraphy.