I want to ask about hard pen calligraphy paper and some writing specifications.

(1) Calligraphy Tradition and Hard Pen Calligraphy Innovation

Calligraphy tradition is an open concept with universality and fuzziness. In the past, the calligraphy tradition was considered as "Two Kings", "Yan Liu Ou Zhao" and "Eight Methods of Yongzi", or "Preface to Lanting", "Sacrifice to Nephew" and "Zhang Qianbei". In fact, the traditional content of calligraphy is profound, extensive and colorful. From the perspective of calligraphy, Oracle Bone Inscriptions, Da Zhuan, Xiao Zhuan, Li Shu, Kai, Xing, Cao Shu and countless calligraphy styles derived and evolved from them all belong to the traditional category. From the calligrapher's point of view, all calligraphers who have brushes and hard pens, who are famous in past dynasties, unknown, influential today, influential and professional, are the inheritors and incarnations of tradition. From a technical point of view, all kinds of brushwork, ink painting and composition that have been explored and formed belong to the traditional level. Theoretically, the monographs and articles about calligraphy left by calligraphers and scholars in ancient and modern times also belong to the traditional category of calligraphy.

Tradition is the real source of artistic innovation. The history of art development at all times and all over the world has proved this basic law. Italy's "Renaissance" originated from the art of ancient Greece and Rome. In the Qing Dynasty, famous artists such as Kang Youwei, Wu Changshuo and Yu Youren found their own calligraphy language from the traditional stele study, which was unique. The great calligraphers before the Qing Dynasty were nothing more than: Wang Xizhi studied books with Mrs. Wei for many years, then traveled to famous mountains and rivers and saw countless famous monuments before he realized a new atmosphere; Before the age of 30, Mi Fei became the first one in the world to collect ancient Chinese characters. Wang Duo "writes a book every day", always looking for nutrition in tradition. When talking about Banqiao calligraphy, there is a passage that makes this inheritance of calligraphy very clear: "Banqiao words are like valleys, and Zhu Lan's meaning is particularly interesting. The method of grain and grass originated in Huai Su, and the vegetarian teacher is studying the method in Zhang Chang's history. The beauty is that there is no beginning and no end. "

Leaving the deep tradition, not studying, studying and drawing lessons from it, trying to create a kind of "brand-new calligraphy" is actually an idiotic dream. Just like a foreigner who doesn't know China's calligraphy at all, it is as unattainable to create innovative calligraphy works. Today, we see many hard-pen calligraphy lovers. If they don't work hard from tradition, innovate out of thin air and seek differences, they will eventually find no foundation water.

Traditional things are not always good. There are many books that have been eliminated in history, such as Ghost Book, Fairy Book, Bird Book, Insect Book, Dragon Claw Book and Tadpole Book. Today, we learn from tradition with a hard pen, and we must abandon useless things. We can't be superstitious about tradition, copy it, and engage in simple "takenism." For example, it is not appropriate to directly study vigorous and moist regular script with a pen; It is impractical to write a huge list with a hard pen (such as a bamboo pen); Creating Xuan paper with a pen does not require exploration; Writing a Wei Bei with a knife and an axe with a pen, with the outer circle inside, is out of practical value and so on. On the basis of learning tradition, we should make full use of all kinds of favorable conditions provided by contemporary civilization, give full play to our subjective initiative and create works with new ideas of the times.

(2) the style of the times and the innovation of hard pen calligraphy.

"Style of the Times" is the soul of hard-pen calligraphy innovation. The trend of the times promotes the development and change of everything, and calligraphy art is no exception. Throughout the history of China's calligraphy development, every subtle change is branded with the times. China's calligraphy plays a direct or indirect role and influence on the development and evolution of writing materials, writing forms, writing methods and artistic styles, the development level of productive forces in different times and regions, the socio-economic structure and ideology, and the psychological and spiritual conditions of the nation. During the Yin and Shang Dynasties, people created Oracle Bone Inscriptions in divination sacrifices. During the Warring States period, the Seven Chivalrous Men competed for hegemony, and Zhong Ding's printing was different in different countries. Qin Shihuang unified the world, which enabled Lisi to create a unified and standardized seal script; The theory of "Shang Yun in Jin Dynasty, Fa in Tang Dynasty, Righteousness in Song Dynasty and Tai in Yuan and Ming Dynasties" also shows that different times have had a far-reaching impact on the formation and development of calligraphy style.

People are people in society. Different times and different societies will have different influences on calligraphers' creation. Because of this, calligraphers of every era will have their own creative pursuits. We can learn from the techniques of our predecessors' works, but we can't directly adopt the mode of expressing our feelings when creating. At the same time, the artistic spirit and spirit of predecessors can not be copied today. This is because spirit and spirit are naturally formed under various complicated conditions such as politics, economy, cultural upbringing and life experience in a specific historical period. With the development of history, the connotation of calligraphy art spirit also changes with the times. Because of this, it is difficult for different people in contemporary times to maintain spiritual consistency. The purpose of learning predecessors' calligraphy is to learn from experience, accept edification and improve learning, so as to create one's own art under the material and cultural living conditions of this era, combined with one's own temperament cultivation. Without personal independence and profound knowledge, even if you persist in learning, you can only get the external form of predecessors' calligraphy, and its spiritual connotation is even rarer.

Today, we live in a new era of reform and opening up. The high development of productive forces, the overall progress of science and technology, the colorful lifestyle, the active renewal of ideas and the mutual infiltration of various arts will have a far-reaching impact on the development and innovation of hard pen calligraphy. The innovation of hard-pen calligraphy must be characterized by grasping the high efficiency, fast pace, multi-forms and great integration of the times, reflecting the humanistic thought, aesthetic taste and value orientation of the times as the spiritual outlook, supplemented by the calligrapher's own knowledge, temperament and artistic conception, in order to create unique hard-pen calligraphy works that reflect the flavor of the times.