The Beauty of Chinese Calligraphy

As we all know, China has a history of thousands of years. China is one of the four ancient civilizations. the only one that has preserved its culture to this day. Chinese calligraphy is also developing with Chinese culture. The characters were created by human.

Chinese people have a sincere love for the art of Chinese calligraphy. It is always heard that the foreigners who wants to learn about Chinese culture are easily fall in love with Chinese calligraphy. Why Chinese calligraphy can attract people for thousands of years? How this special beauty never goes out of style?

Writing brush is the tool of Chinese calligraphy and it is indispensable in Chinese calligraphy.

Writing brush is different with the pens whose nibs are made by the materials， the penholders of writing brushes are made by the wood or bamboos and the nobs are always made by animals’ hair, such as rabbits, Sheep, weasels, wolves, chickens, and rats. In that reason, chinses calligraphy has a natural beauty so it can shows different lines with different power, the temperature and the sense of the touch make people feel more relaxed.

The characters which was written by the writing brush can be more changeable and natural. Persons who have different characters may writing different styles of the character pattern. There are varieties of famous calligraphers in the history of Chinese calligraphy, such Wang Xizhi, a calligrapher in the Jin Dynasty, he’s famous product “The Orchid Pavilion” is a typical one to show his writing style.

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First, his style is exquisite, the writing is elegant, euphemistic, and implicit.

Second, the body of the characters is beautiful and the paintings are dense. Third, the composition is ingenious and contains rich artistic beauty in the scale. No matter how vertical or horizontal you can say that Wang Xizhi make the best use of his brush. (Xiaolin, 2018) Yan Zhenqing is another famous calligrapher in the Tang Dynasty. His writing style is exactly different from Wang’s, his writing characteristic is that the structure is dense, the strokes are light and vertical, and the writing is thick. Although Wang and Yan’ style is completely different, they all has different beauty in admirers’ eyes. Wang Xizhi’s words are more vigorous and have a natural and unrestrained feeling, but Yan Zhenqing’s words are more regular and powerful. You can not judge which one is better, this is why Chinese calligraphy is fascinating.

Chinese calligraphy’s beauty shows on its’ varieties of scripts and styles. There are a large number of calligraphers and calligraphic works that were produced and helped constitute a profound tradition of Chinese calligraphy at each stage. (Qing, 2018) Each styles of Chinese calligraphy have their own beauty, which rich the beauty of Chinese calligraphy.

The oracle bone script, also known as ‘Jiaguwen’ in Chinese, was used on animal bones or a turtle’s plastron. Seal script, ‘Zhuanshu’ in Chinese or ‘simplified picture script,’ was developed directly from China’s most ancient forms of writing. The clerical script, or ‘Lishu’ in Chinese, is an intense font style commonly seen in Chinese characters. The cursive script, or ‘Caoshu’ in Chinese, has a simple structure and continuous strokes, which evolved from the clerical script. The running script, ‘Xingshu’ in Chinese or ‘Semi-cursive script,’ can be compared to Western longhand. The regular script, also known ‘Kaishu’ in Chinese, can be compared to Western printing, and is the newest of the Chinese script styles. In modern times, the regular script is still the standard of writing Chinese characters. (Qing, 2018) The oracle bone script is not applied to present artistic creation, but they have very high artistic value. They show the wisdom of people in primitive times and have a kind of beauty bestowed by history.

They can even lead people to appreciate the primitive beauty. Seal script is more symmetrical, has a form of visual beauty, in practice very exercise people’s patience and pen-holding skills. The lines of the clerical script are soft and the whole looks more beautiful. Cursive script is a difficult font to master. It is fluent and extensive, very random, without strict rules, and it is the representative of liberty. Running script gives people a sense of freedom and freedom, which can show a person’s character, natural and unrestrained. Regular script is the font closest to the traditional Chinese characters. It pays more attention to rules and regularity, and exercises the patience of practitioners. All in all, different types of the Chinese calligraphy have their own special beauty.

Chinese calligraphy has a beauty of history. Oracle bones first appeared, and they were carved on animal bones or stones. This is to ask the gods and ancestors to ask for good or bad. Qin and Han Dynasties were the most intense changes in Chinese characters. During this period, the big seal script was simplified and created the small seal script. The official script was mature and the cursive script entered the stage of chapter and grass. With the development of clerical script and cursive script, running script and regular script are also sprouting. (g龚jw1129, 2017) The change of font often reflects the change of politics, economy and culture. It can be said that it is the product of history. For example, in order to unify China, the rulers of Qin Dynasty forced the people to use Seal script, which was regarded as the official character. In other word, Chinese calligraphy is a fantastic product of history.

Chinese calligraphy has its’ own beauty because of the special source, variety types, history and so on. Chinese calligraphy bases on unity of men and nature, characterized with the harmony of the nature, society and life, strikes the essence of harmony. It mixes different beauties and can be loved by different people.