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CHINESE CALLIGRAPHY
Green Dragon Art Master Calligrapher Tsai
Yung
Over 40 years experience
Calligraphy
Styles
Cursive |
Classic |

Semi Cursive |
Calligraphy
Fun - Everything you need to practice calligraphy on your own.
Chinese Calligraphy is an
art dating back to the earliest day of history and is, to this day, widely
practiced throughout China and many parts of Asia. The
neighboring countries of Japan, Korea, Taiwan and other Southeast Asian countries
have all made the Chinese calligraphic system part of their own respective
cultures. Kanji in Japanese and Hanja in Korean are both
names for essentially the same system of writing. Even though
Japan and Korea have since developed their own unique system of writing, both
countries still used this traditional form of communication for many occasions.
At Green Dragon Arts we make no distinctions between the Chinese writing system,
Kanji and Hanja.
The spectrum of the Chinese language, with its many subtle
shades has made it a natural vehicle of expression for calligraphic art. One
does not have to know Chinese to appreciate the beauty of calligraphy. This
is because in essence, Calligraphy is an art; an art that combines the expression
of literature with the expression of ink.
A famous
Chinese Calligrapher, Tu Meng of the Tang dynasty (618-905) developed 120 expressions
to describe different styles of calligraphy and establish criteria for them. Like
the many styles of painting, each calligraphic style was appreciated in its
own right. Calligraphers were
known by their interpretation of a style or styles and as you can imagine,
the boundaries of the styles are not always distinct.
Here, at Green Dragon Arts, we have categorized most of
our calligraphy down to three basic styles: Classic,
Semi Cursive and Cursive. Classic
style is the equivalent of printing in the English language, much like the
font these words are in. Cursive
is much like handwriting and Semi Cursive is somewhere in between. (see
above). Do not make the mistake of thinking these are three distinct
categories of Chinese calligraphy. It
is a continuum. Where within the
continuum the calligraphy ends up is dependent on the interpretation of the
meaning by the artist and of course our customers.
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