Vertical writing format of five-character quatrains

The calligraphy of ancient poetry is written vertically according to the writing habits of the ancients.

Let's talk about ancient vertical writing: vertical writing of ancient poems requires the first line to start from the first word and must start from the upper right. A column of words should be arranged from right to left, and one word should be written from top to bottom. Because the ancients began to engrave or write on bamboo sticks. According to the custom, the ancients first strung bamboo sticks with thread, then rolled them into a bundle, and then spread out the contents needed for writing with bamboo sticks when necessary. When writing, the right hand holds the pen and the left hand controls the rolled bamboo stick. Therefore, according to the ancient custom, whether writing vertical envelopes, sticking doors to each other, or writing calligraphy vertically, they all write from top to bottom with the right. If the envelope is upside down, it can't be sent. If the Spring Festival couplets are upside down, it will make people laugh. If the calligraphy works are vertical, the theme and signature should be consistent.

Let's talk about the horizontal writing that everyone is using now: I don't know when it started. In practice, people find it inconvenient to write vertically. If the ink written in front doesn't dry, as long as you don't hang your wrist to write, sometimes you will pinch the words in front, so people gradually changed this vertical writing and adopted horizontal writing. For horizontal writing, the first word of the opening line is required to be at the top left, arranged from top to bottom, and written from left to right, and the final signature is also in this order to complete the whole work.