Appreciation of Jinwen Calligraphy Works

The bronze inscriptions on Yin and Zhou bronzes are also called Zhong Dingwen. Shang and Zhou Dynasties were the bronze age, with the tripod as the representative ritual vessel and the bell as the representative musical instrument. Zhong Ding is synonymous with bronze ware. The golden rule of calligraphy is calligraphy created with the meaning of inscriptions on bronze. The following are the calligraphy works of inscriptions I have compiled for you, I hope they are useful to you!

Appreciation of Jinwen Calligraphy Works

Pictures of Jinwen calligraphy works 1

Pictures of inscriptions on bronze calligraphy works 2

Figure 3 Bronze calligraphy works

Figure 4 Inscription of Calligraphy Works

The Origin of China's Calligraphy Art

China's calligraphy art began in the generation stage of Chinese characters. Voice can't spread in different places, but stay in different times, so words were born. Therefore, the author is the trace of meaning and sound. ? As a result, words came into being. The earliest works of calligraphy art are not words, but some descriptive symbols-hieroglyphics or picture words. Symbols depicting Chinese characters first appeared on pottery. The primitive depiction symbol only represents a rough concept of chaos and has no exact meaning. More than 8,000 years ago, magnetic mountain culture, Fiji and Khan Lee cultures appeared in the Yellow River Basin. There are many characters-like symbols on the hand-made ceramics unearthed in Fiji and Khan Lee, which are the chaotic combination of the communication function, note-taking function and pattern decoration function of the ancestors. Although these Chinese characters are unrecognizable by modern people, they are indeed the embryonic form of Chinese characters.

Immediately after the Banpo site of Yangshao culture about 6000 years ago, some painted pottery with similar characters were unearthed. These symbols are distinguished from patterns, which promotes the development of Chinese characters. This can be said to be the origin of China characters.

Then Erlitou culture and Erligang culture. In the archaeological excavation of Erlitou culture, there are 24 kinds of pottery tablets engraved with marks, some of which are similar to Oracle Bone Inscriptions in Yin Ruins, and all of them are single independent characters. Erligang culture was found to have a writing system. Three bones with words were found here, two with words and a cross, which seemed to be carved for practicing lettering. This has made civilization take another big step forward.

The origin of primitive characters is an imitation instinct, which is used to visualize a specific thing. Although it is simple and chaotic, it already has a certain aesthetic taste. This simple writing can therefore be called prehistoric calligraphy.

From the Xia, Shang and Zhou Dynasties, through the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, to the Qin and Han Dynasties, the historical development of more than 2,000 years also promoted the development of calligraphy art. During this period, various calligraphy styles appeared one after another, including Oracle Bone Inscriptions, bronze inscriptions, stone carvings, bamboo slips and Zhu Mo's handwriting. Among them, seal script, official script, cursive script, running script, regular script and other fonts were stereotyped in the screening and elimination of hundreds of miscellaneous characters, and the art of calligraphy began to develop in an orderly manner.