What does Chunchi Yanyun mean?

Chunchi Yanyun’s calligraphy work is actually a funny picture circulating on the Internet.

The calligraphy "Chunchi Yanyun" first leaked from WeChat Moments and later spread widely on the Internet. According to the research of netizens, these four characters are not an idiom describing the beautiful scenery of the spring pond, but a vulgar saying with irony. They were misunderstood because the glyphs are similar to the cursive script "Chunchi Yanyun".

Along with the spread of this "work" is a funny story: a certain township head asked a calligrapher to ask for calligraphy. The calligrapher couldn't resist, so he wrote four big characters as a gift. The township chief couldn't understand what was written. The calligrapher said it was "Chunchi Yanyun", and the township head happily hung the calligraphy on the wall.

The scope of application of cursive script

Cursive script is a font of Chinese characters. It was formed in the Han Dynasty and evolved on the basis of official script for the convenience of writing.

Although cursive script is a higher level of calligraphy art, it is not a practical calligraphy style. Because the glyphs are too simple and easily confused with each other, ordinary people cannot appreciate them and cannot recognize the content of the cursive works. Especially Dacao, it is even more difficult for ordinary people without calligraphy foundation to recognize, and it is easy to make jokes.

Almost all plaques written in official script, regular script and seal script are occasionally seen in running script, and plaques written in cursive script are rare. In addition, not many people use cursive script when writing Spring Festival couplets. Most of them use official script, regular script and running script. Cursive script is currently mainly suitable for calligraphy exhibitions, collections and personal creations.