Chinese treasures Characters and Calligraphy

Hi everybody! Today’s discussion is about cultural and Chinese learning. One of valuable Chinese treasures has been handed down generation by generation. This is called in Chinese shu1 fa3 whose Chinese character in 书法. Now, let us start the introduction.

Calligraphy is the art of handwriting Chinese characters．It is distinctive art of Chinese calligraphy includes the techniques and rules of writing such as how to hold the brush, brushstrokes, dotting，framing and layout. Along with the development of culture，calligraphy evolved from the use of brush pens to write to include many more aspects of handwriting. For instance，you can know from online Chinese lessons that it added many different kinds of pens and colored paints，not solely using black ink.

Chinese calligraphy emphasizes brush technique. This art is comprised of four parts：brush movement while you are writing and learning Chinese，the vigor of the strokes，the momentum of writing， and the intended concept. The brush movement is the controlling of the brush．The brushstroke is the force of the writing. The momentum of the writing is the tendency and the kinetics of the line．The intended concept suggests sentiment as implied，revealing the inner spirit. Traditional calligraphy makes use of the character “yong3 永” to show the eight distinct types of strokes in regular script．For example, the Yong3 zi4 Eight Ways refers to the eight different strokes of the character yong3，every stroke representing a type of action．The strokes are affiliated with a movement，such as a bird flying，reining in a horse，drawing a bow，kicking，whipping a horse，combing the hair，pecking for food，and hanging meat，as well as other common movements.

Therefore, there are much knowledge about the movement of Chinese calligraphy. For more details, we are going to take an example to show the detailed ways. Like dian3 heng2 pie3 na4 as the four basic movements. We hope that our Chinese online lesson for writing can help you know more about Chinese treasures.

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