Chinese Calligraphy

The name of China's national intangible cultural heritage: Chinese Calligraphy

Applicant: Academy of Chinese calligraphy, Chinese Academy of Arts

Item No.: 839

Project No.: Ⅶ - 63

Time of publication: 2008 (second batch)

Category: traditional art

Region: Zhongzhi unit

Type: new item

Applicant: Academy of Chinese calligraphy, Chinese Academy of Arts

Protected by: Academy of Chinese calligraphy, Chinese Academy of Arts

Introduction to Chinese Calligraphy:

Applicant: Academy of Chinese calligraphy, Chinese Academy of Arts

Calligraphy of Chinese characters is a traditional art of writing Chinese characters, which is popular all over China. As a regular means of writing Chinese characters and an art form of expressing feelings through writing Chinese characters, calligraphy has experienced thousands of years of development in China. It has evolved from Oracle Bone Inscriptions and bronze inscriptions into big seal, small seal and official script, and then into cursive, regular script and running script of the Eastern Han, Wei and Jin Dynasties. Relying on pictographic Chinese characters, it uses unique writing tools and uses specific words and expressions Pen, structure and composition reflect the way of thinking, values and aesthetic consciousness of the Chinese nation, convey the unique personality and temperament of the Chinese people, and become an integral part of Chinese culture. Among all the nations in the world, only Chinese calligraphy can develop practical writing into art parallel to painting, music, dance, sculpture and literature. In this sense, it is not only a cultural treasure of the Chinese nation, but also a precious treasure in the world's cultural and artistic treasure house.

Since the 20th century, with the deepening of China's modernization process, the ecological environment of Chinese traditional culture has been seriously impacted. The social basis for the survival of Chinese calligraphy has gradually changed, and the cultural atmosphere that provides nourishment for calligraphy has become increasingly weak. The simplification of Chinese characters, the standardization of calligraphy and the digitization of writing make the unique aesthetic meaning and cultural connotation of Chinese characters continue to lose. The application and popularization of hard pen, computer, printer and Internet have profoundly changed people's writing, reading and communication methods, and greatly weakened the practicality, affinity and influence of calligraphy. In addition, the organic calligraphy training is excluded from the modern education system, and the disintegration of the national foundation of Chinese calligraphy is further accelerated. In this situation, the future of calligraphy is not optimistic, it is necessary to start work immediately, vigorously promote and comprehensively protect it.