Sharing the Beauty of China: Chinese Calligraphy

Author: Chen Tingyou; Ren Lingjuan;

Language: English

Page: 148

Publication Date: 08/2018

ISBN: 9787508540214

Publisher: China Intercontinental Press

Series: Sharing the Beauty of China

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Calligraphy is the quintessence of Chinese culture. When the ancient Orientals carved the earliest abstract symbols on the walls of their cave houses, and on animal bones and tortoise shells, their symbolic action marked the beginning of the Chinese written language and civilization. At the same time, it indicated the beginning of the splendor of Chinese calligraphy. Why has Chinese calligraphy been able to survive several thousand years? How could it become a rare art independent of its functions for writing and recording events? What kind of close relations has it developed with the aesthetic standards, value concepts and cultural spirit of the Chinese people? How can we enter into this mysterious black and white world?