About calligraphy

Calligraphy is a unique traditional culture and art in China. A long time ago, the ancients recorded with pictures, and the working people made words first, and then matched them. The ancestors invented the brush, which led to the writing of the brush. Ancient words or records were used to write brushes.

Because brush calligraphy has the irreplaceable beauty of chic, elegance and agility of pens and pencils, it has been handed down from ancient times to the present. It should have been "the waves behind the Yangtze River push the waves before, and the contemporary world is better than the ancients", but throughout history, it is difficult for future generations to compare with Wang Xizhi, Yan Zhenqing, Liu Gongquan, Huang Tingjian and Huai Su. There are three reasons:

First, brush calligraphy is not the key. The ancients paid attention to the standardization of fonts from the beginning of literacy. Whether it is a county exam, a township exam or a palace exam, they always look at the font first, and then see if the content is correct. Modern times, on the other hand, can judge the right or wrong answers and ignore font specifications.

Second, the starting age of learning calligraphy. The ancients began to learn brush calligraphy when their children entered school, with solid foundation, solid skills, firm mind and rapid development; However, modern people have not taken brush calligraphy seriously since they entered school, and they have grown up when they want to learn calligraphy, mostly after 30 years old. The ancients said that "people don't learn art until they are 30 years old" is reasonable: first, their memory declines; Second, they have no full-time study time; Third, they can't settle down because of the burden of life.

Third, the problem of mentality. The ancients were able to devote themselves wholeheartedly to whatever they did. It is said that the ancients stayed up in the middle of the night to watch the astronomical phenomena and measured personnel according to the astronomical phenomena. Doing one thing for a long time can be the ultimate, and it is logical to become an expert; Nowadays, most people can't make up their minds to do anything, they are impetuous and have low vision. They want to get rich overnight and don't want to be diligent and persistent in art.

There is no age limit for learning calligraphy, and it is never too late to learn it. You should only know at what age you are learning the corresponding asana: those under 30 should start learning by imitating regular script. For people over 30 years old, it is enough to practice cursive script or cursive script according to their own fixed style, because it is not necessary for middle-aged and elderly people to learn from scratch, and it is difficult to change their own inherent fonts.

Learning calligraphy is actually not very difficult, nor is it very profound. Don't have the idea of becoming a calligrapher, just write when you have time every day. There is another subtle change in calligraphy that may not be known to everyone-prolonging life. According to statistics, the average life expectancy of Ming and Qing dynasties was 33 years, while the average life expectancy of calligraphers in the same period was 79 years. Modern calligrapher Qi Baishi is 97 years old and Shen is 89 years old. Sun Mofo 109 years old, Su Juxian 1 10 years old. If you want to live a long life, pick up a pen and write!

? Carry forward Chinese culture and prosper calligraphy.

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