Youth's essential ancient Chinese poetry and prose: calligraphy practice book

Author: Qian Jianzhong
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Publish Date: 2005-03-01
Features: How to use scientific training methods to write a good calligraphy in a short time, which is a very concerned issue for beginners. If the method is correct, it will be twice the result with half the effort; if the method is wrong, it will be half the effort with twice the result. Examining traditional calligraphy teaching, the first method is copying. Traditional theory holds that copying can easily capture the form, while tracing can capture the spirit. Form refers to strokes, and spirit refers to the movement of the brush. Without strokes and brush movement, there is no foundation. As the saying goes, "If the skin is not there, where will the hair attach?" and "If the spirit does not stay in its place." However, if there are only strokes without brush movement, the strokes become lifeless objects, and the written characters will inevitably be stiff and boring, merely having a form. Copying can master the form, while tracing can better capture the spirit. Characters are produced through the movement of the hand. The key to learning calligraphy lies in brush movement. Brush movement involves using continuous hand movements to make strokes resonate, lines flow smoothly, forms lively, and the artistic conception profound. Beginners, especially when copying and tracing, should focus on the strokes. This book selects classical Chinese poems and articles from middle school textbooks as the content for writing, allowing students to repeatedly recite excellent classical Chinese poems and articles while copying and tracing. On the basis of writing good characters, they can absorb the essence of ancient culture.