With the emergence and evolution of Chinese characters, the development of China's calligraphy has experienced many vicissitudes. Oracle Bone Inscriptions and bronze inscriptions, which appeared in the middle and late Shang Dynasty (about 14 to the former 1 1 century), are the oldest Chinese character materials found in China. Between the end of the Han Dynasty and the Wei and Jin Dynasties (from the second half of the 2nd century to the 4th century), Chinese character writing developed into a truly conscious art of calligraphy. In the process of historical inheritance and innovation, calligraphy has appeared in five styles: seal script, official script, cursive script, running script and regular script, and has formed calligraphy, hand scroll, banners, nave, couplets and fan pages. Tool materials are not limited to commonly used pens, ink, paper and inkstones, but even metals, stones, boards and fabrics have become the medium of calligraphy and seal cutting.
On the surface, China's calligraphy art is ordinary, but in fact it is just writing Chinese characters on Xuan paper (of course, other writing carriers are sometimes used). It seems that everyone can do it, and there is nothing mysterious and unique. But on the contrary, the art that looks so simple in form is not easy to master, and it is lighter and brighter than those that look much more complicated in form.
Calligraphy is a wonderful work of classical art in China. There are no other characters in the world, just like the writing of Chinese characters. It has developed into a unique art form, and its origin is near and far. At present, it has not lost its charm with the progress of modern science and technology, especially the popularization of computers and the decrease of handwriting. On the contrary, it still has a strong development momentum and has become one of the most popular art forms in contemporary China.
Liang Qichao, a famous scholar in modern times, said: "If you can express your personality, this is the highest art, then writing is the highest among all kinds of arts." Mr. Zong Baihua, an aesthetician, said: "China's music declined, but calligraphy took its place and became a national art that expressed the highest artistic conception and sentiment."
Lin Yutang said: "Calligraphy provides basic aesthetics for the people of China, and it is through calligraphy that the people of China learned the basic concepts of lines and shapes. Therefore, if you don't know China's calligraphy and its artistic inspiration, you can't talk about China's art. ..... China's calligraphy is really unique in the history of world art. " Mr. Shen, a famous contemporary calligrapher, said: "It is universally acknowledged that China's calligraphy is the highest art."
Mr. Deng Yizhe, an aesthete and art historian who is as famous as Zong Baihua, also thinks that "China's calligraphy is not only an art, but also a pure art, which is the highest realm of art". These views may be beautiful, but they also fully show how lofty the ancient philosophers endowed China's calligraphy!
These scholars have a profound understanding of China civilization and even western civilization and art. They always have a reason to say so. In a word, it can be considered that at least they think the importance of China's calligraphy in the whole cultural and artistic system of China deserves special attention.
As China people, learning to master a little basic knowledge of this ancient and vibrant art can not only improve and enrich their artistic aesthetic accomplishment, but also be an important way to understand and learn their own culture.
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China s Calligraphy "Application for Heritage";
At the end of June 2005, 1 1, China calligraphy "application for heritage" project started;
On June 26th, 2007, China Calligraphers Association and China Painting and Calligraphy Institute of China Academy of Fine Arts officially declared the national intangible cultural heritage.
On June 7, 2008, with the approval of the State Council, China Calligraphy was officially included in the second batch of national intangible cultural heritage list, and China Calligraphers Association and China Calligraphy and Painting Institute were identified as the directly responsible units for the inheritance and protection of China calligraphy.
On September 8, 2008, China Calligraphy applied to UNESCO for the "Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity", which was launched in an all-round way;
At the end of September, 2008, People's Republic of China (PRC) submitted the official text, application films and related materials of China's calligraphy to UNESCO.
On September 30th, 2009, "China Calligraphy" was officially recognized as the intangible cultural heritage of mankind at the fourth meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Protection of Intangible Cultural Heritage of UNESCO.
References:
Baidu Encyclopedia-China Calligraphy
Baidu Encyclopedia-China Calligraphy Application Publicity Film