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Chinese Calligraphy Techniques Overview

This document provides an overview of Chinese calligraphy, including its history, writing tools, techniques, and practice exercises. It discusses the evolution of Chinese characters from oracle bone script to seal script to regular script. It describes traditional writing tools like brushes made of bamboo and animal hair, ink sticks made from lampblack, and paper like xuan paper. It explains how to hold the brush and form strokes. It encourages practicing calligraphy and provides example practice exercises with links.

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Chinese Calligraphy Techniques Overview

This document provides an overview of Chinese calligraphy, including its history, writing tools, techniques, and practice exercises. It discusses the evolution of Chinese characters from oracle bone script to seal script to regular script. It describes traditional writing tools like brushes made of bamboo and animal hair, ink sticks made from lampblack, and paper like xuan paper. It explains how to hold the brush and form strokes. It encourages practicing calligraphy and provides example practice exercises with links.

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L/O/G/O

Chinese
Calligraphy
Confucius Institute at the University
of Zagreb

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zrZ33Y
K8wk

http://my.tv.sohu.com/us/63342149/2164096
1.shtml
History of Chinese Character
Classification
Inscriptions on bones o tortoise shells in
Shang Dynasty
Inscriptions on ancient bronze objects
in Yin and Zhou dynasties
Seal script in Qin Dynasty
Official script in Han Dynasty
Standard and Regular script
Running script and
Cursive script
Writing tools

• Brush
• Ink stick
• Paper
• Ink stone
Writing brush

Bamboo and animals' hair


Ink stick

Made from lampblack and binders;


Grinded with water before use
Paper

Xuan Paper (rice paper)


Ink stone

Used to grind the solid ink stick into liquid ink


and to contain the ink once it is liquid
Other tools

Paperweights
Seal and seal paste

55%

30%
How to write?
How to hold the brush？
Strokes
Try!

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Try!

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L/O/G/O

Hvala!

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