What are the types of calligraphy?

As we all know, calligraphy is the essence of Chinese culture and the unique art of expressing Chinese characters. Calligraphy is not only popular in our country, but also in surrounding Japan, North Korea, and South Korea. The influence of Chinese calligraphy, and calligraphy is now also called brush calligraphy. Although many people no longer write brush calligraphy, some parents will let their children learn calligraphy again to cultivate their sentiments. There are many types of calligraphy, such as Speaking of official script, regular script, running script, cursive script and seal script, some novices may not know the difference between these. Let’s analyze it below.

Let’s talk about official script first. Official script is also called Han Li. It is also a relatively solemn calligraphy font. When written in official script, it gives people a flatter effect. Official script originated in the Qin Dynasty. , reached its peak after the Eastern Han Dynasty, and also had a certain impact on other calligraphy. The second is running script. Running script is also developed based on official script. Running script looks somewhere between regular script and cursive script. Compared with regular script, running script is not so regular.

But it is not as sloppy as cursive script, so running script is also known as the regular version of cursive script among the people. Running script is also divided into running script and running script. After talking about running script, let’s talk about it. Cursive script, as the name suggests, is written in a cursive style with a relatively simple structure and the strokes are connected together. Cursive script was formed during the Han Dynasty. Cursive script is also a font that evolved for the convenience and speed of writing. Cursive script is divided into Zhangcao and today Grass and wild grass.

Let’s talk about regular script. Regular script is also called official script. Regular script font is relatively correct and is also the most common font in life. Regular script also evolved from official script. Compared with official script, regular script The shape of the Chinese character is simpler and more square. Regular script is the traditional Chinese character now. The last one is seal script. Seal script is also the earliest type of writing. It also preserves the characteristics of many ancient pictographic characters. It is divided into two types: big seal script and small seal script. Big seal script is bigger than seal script. Compared with Xiaozhuan, it will be better to write.