Mr. Zhang Youqing has been obsessed with calligraphy and calligraphy for more than thirty years and practices it personally. In addition to artistic creation and theoretical research, he also pays special attention to the promotion and popularization of Chinese calligraphy, especially the quintessence of Chinese calligraphy. On the one hand, he serves as a professor at the calligraphy training center of the Chinese Calligraphers Association, working tirelessly to teach by words and deeds and encourage future students to learn; on the other hand, he has edited and published more than ten kinds of calligraphy works, such as "The Five Poems of Zhang Youqing's Official Script" in the "Calligraphy Cloud Ladder Series" Seven examples of calligraphy are analyzed in seven books, including "Ten Examples", "Zhang You's Fifty Examples of Maxims in Qing and Wei Scripts", "Zhang You's Fifty Examples of Qing and Han Bamboo Bamboo Slips", and "Zhang You's Fifty Examples of Qing and Han Bamboo Couplets".
Editor-in-chief of "Ink Calligraphy of Famous Artists in Couplets of Zhongnanhai Historic Sites", participated in the compilation of the large-scale reference book "Standardizing the Sea of ??Chinese Characters", and lectured on "official calligraphy techniques and Wei stele techniques" in the "Chinese Calligraphy Lecture", and has teaching videos and CD publishing. Dedicate your learning experience and the results of your calligraphy art research to society without reservation.
Mr. Zhang Youqing and his calligraphy works have participated in many international calligraphy exchanges since the early 1970s, and have held calligraphy exhibitions and lectures in Japan, South Korea, the United States and other countries. His calligraphy works have been selected for domestic and international exhibitions and have won many awards. He served as a judge of the first, second, third and fourth Chinese Calligraphy and Seal Engraving TV Calligraphy Competitions, deputy secretary-general and member of the judging committee of the organizing committee of the third and fourth International Cultural Exchange "Sackler Cup" Chinese Calligraphy Competition. Later, he studied calligraphy and became good at official script. He studied famous steles, inscriptions and inscriptions from past dynasties, pursuing the innocent, unrestrained and elegant charm. Pay attention to capturing the dignified, symmetrical, calm and powerful atmosphere found in the regular script of the Tang Dynasty and the stele of the Six Dynasties.
He was taught by Mr. Yu Feichang, a great master in the painting world, and later studied calligraphy, specializing in official script and Wei stele, especially bamboo slips. His calligraphy and lettering works have participated in many international and national book fairs and lettering art exhibitions. He has visited Japan, South Korea, the United States and France many times and held joint calligraphy exhibitions and lectures.
Zhang Youqing developed his heroic and powerful style in Han steles and Han bamboo slips. This is another type of calligraphy, just like the elegant and charming art form of calligraphy. From his calligraphy, we can see the simple, dignified and lush characteristics of Han and Wei calligraphy, while the casual and frank calligraphy of bamboo slips injects an unrestrained look into his calligraphy.
Zhang Youqing has formed his own unique style by being both strong and soft, harmonious but different. This is inseparable from his long-term hard work in the inkstone field and his extensive reading in the sea of ??books. What is even more valuable is that the artistic spirituality generated by his unique spiritual temperament collides with the style of Han bamboo slips and Han steles themselves. A new artistic light emerges. An innovation is a successful advancement of human culture. The long river of art is precisely because countless artists have accumulated small streams to form rivers and seas that reach thousands of miles.