Horizontal can be divided into four types: long horizontal, short horizontal, left sharp horizontal and right sharp horizontal.
(1) Heng Chang
How to write: horizontal stroke and vertical cut. After writing, cut the pen slightly obliquely in the vertical direction, and then stroke it obliquely to the upper right. The strokes are slightly thinner in the middle and thicker at both ends. At the end of the stroke, gently press the pen to the lower right, then press the pen to the nib at the end of the stroke, and adjust the nib to the center.
In Yan Shu, there are two kinds of long horizontal lines: straight and slightly curved.
Straight and long, decisive, simple and clean. The line drawn along the stroke center line should be a straight line. Bending is full of elasticity, storing strength and power potential. You can't draw a straight line along the stroke center line, which has a natural radian. The slender horizontal line is the same as the slender horizontal line, but the middle part is thinner.
(2) Short horizontal line
Writing: It is the same as the long horizontal, but slightly shorter than the long horizontal. The short concave cross is just a slightly downward arc in the stroke, which makes the short cross feel upward.
(3) sharp left turn
Writing: At the beginning of writing, the pen tip touches the paper, then gradually thickens, and after reaching the end, the pen tip reverses.
(4) Right fork
Writing: If the pen is long and horizontal, it can be lifted at the end until the pen does not touch the paper.
During the development of China's calligraphy, many outstanding calligraphers emerged, and Yan Zhenqing in the Tang Dynasty was one of them. There are many Copybook for calligraphy in Yan Zhenqing. Many pagodas are Yan Zhenqing's early works. Its basic strokes are a little, horizontal, vertical hook, folding and picking. Learning Yan Zhenqing's calligraphy from many pagodas is the right choice. Because this way, we can understand the characteristics and formation rules of Yan body, and get twice the result with half the effort.