How to hold the pen when writing brush strokes

In recent years, with the development of material civilization reaching a certain height, people pay more and more attention to the pursuit of spiritual civilization. Among them, writing calligraphy, especially brush calligraphy, has become a hot topic in the market. Practicing brush calligraphy can not only cultivate one's self-cultivation, but also show one's cultural accomplishment to a certain extent. In addition, many parents have begun to attach importance to the cultivation of their children's talents, and calligraphy has become one of the important subjects!

However, before you start practicing, the first problem you face is the correct holding posture of the brush. As the only writing tool in ancient times, the brush was very mature in ancient times, but it was rarely used by modern people, so many people didn't know how to hold the pen.

In fact, there are still many stresses on the grip and writing posture of the brush. In different historical periods, the posture of holding a pen is also different. Today, Bian Xiao comprehensively sorted out some holding methods and postures of the brush for your reference. Welcome attention.

Let's talk about the posture of writing with a brush. Generally speaking, there are three main postures: sitting posture, standing posture and squatting posture.

Sitting posture: writing words within 10 cm generally uses sitting posture. The basic requirements of sitting posture are: straight head, straight body, open arms and steady feet. The writing posture of sitting posture is the same as that of ordinary pen and pencil.

Standing potential: Standing potential is divided into two situations. One is upright leaning, which requires: head leaning, body bow, arm hanging and foot opening, and is often used to write banners, couplets and plaques. The other is to stand flat and write, requiring that the head should be flat, the body should be straight, the arms should be bent and the feet should be stable. It is often used to write wall newspapers, blackboard newspapers, advertising slogans and so on.

Squatting posture: When writing a huge long piece of paper on the ground, you should squat or kneel, press the paper with your left hand and write cantilever with your right hand. Pay attention to the coordination of the whole body, the knee is the basic part of the pen, and the waist is the hub of coordination.

What is the correct way to hold a pen?

Whether the writing method is correct or not is related to whether you can use the brush correctly and conveniently, give full play to the performance of the brush and write beautiful words that meet the requirements. From ancient times to the present, there are various ways to hold a pen.

Su Dongpo, a great calligrapher in Song Dynasty, used a different pen from ordinary people at that time. At that time, someone pointed out that his writing was wrong, but he said that "there is no fixed method for writing, and it should be empty and wide", that is to say, there is no certain standard method for writing, as long as the palm of your hand is empty and flexible. So there is no fixed way to hold a pen, as long as you think it is a good way.

Three-finger writing

Generally speaking, those who hold a pen with a brush can be divided into two categories. One is three-finger writing, and the other is five-finger writing. Three-finger characters mostly appeared in pre-Qin, Wei and Jin Dynasties, Southern and Northern Dynasties, Tang Dynasty and so on. First, because there was no paper at that time, calligraphers wrote on bamboo slips, and the three-finger writing method was easier to write; On the other hand, people at that time sat cross-legged on the ground, some knelt on the ground and put their hips on their knees. At that time, there were no benches or tables, only machines such as tea tables. Because the machine is very low, you must hang down your hands when you write, so you use three fingers. This law spread to Japan and has been used ever since.

Five-finger writing

Five-finger writing was widely used in the late Tang Dynasty, Song Dynasty, Yuan Dynasty, Ming Dynasty and Qing Dynasty, especially in modern times. The "five-finger pen-holding method" is to hold the pen firmly with all five fingers of the right hand by means of "pressing, pressing, hooking, pushing and extending", so that the fingers can perform their respective duties.

The specific method of holding a pen is:

The inside of the first book of the thumb presses the side of the pen holder, and the thumb is in a slightly horizontal lateral state.

Press the pen from the outside to the inside at the first or second joint of the index finger.

The middle finger is next to the index finger and hooks the pen.

The ring finger is close to the middle finger, and the root of the first nail is close to the pen to resist the pressing force of the index finger and the middle finger.

Press the little finger under the inside of the ring finger to help. In this way, the strength of the five fingers evenly surrounds the three sides of the pen, making the pen fixed and the palm empty.

The same is the five-finger pen-holding method, which forms many forms because of the opening and closing of the hand lattice, whether the pen is held at the fingertip or at the second joint of the finger. The ancients called it "phoenix eye", "tiger's mouth" and "goose's head" and so on.

The above is the best way to hold the pen and posture for writing brush characters. Thank you for reading. Please leave a comment.