The significance of learning brush calligraphy

As an indispensable part of Chinese culture, the art of calligraphy has a long history and diverse styles. What is the significance of learning brush calligraphy? What I bring to you below is brush calligraphy, I hope you like it.

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The significance of learning calligraphy:

1. Calligraphy is "facade", good handwriting will benefit lifetime.

Calligraphy has a wide range of practicality. The most basic activity of learning calligraphy is writing, and the primary purpose of writing is to remember things and communicate feelings. The minimum requirement is to write the words in a standardized, neat and clear way, so that people are happy to read them. If the words are written in a messy way, even If you make random words as you like, it will be like interpreting "heavenly script" and cannot be recognized by readers, thus losing its practical value. Calligraphy is a weapon. If you don't practice calligraphy, it will lower others' evaluation of you. When I read your handwriting, I can see who you are as a person. The recruitment forms and resumes of the recruiting units are required to be handwritten. It can be seen that writing is also an important part of the test. Last year, a job market in Guangzhou needed to recruit 3,000 graduates, and 30,000 people signed up. The first item was to fill in forms and write resumes. One-third were eliminated just by writing.

In short, students can improve their academic performance; after graduation, they can increase the probability of finding a job; after joining the workforce, they can be reused by leaders. In today's increasingly competitive society, beautiful handwriting will leave a good impression and enhance self-confidence, whether in study, work, or life.

Secondly, Chinese calligraphy brings people the cultivation and enjoyment of beauty. Chinese calligraphy inscriptions and modern calligraphy works are deeply loved by people for their unique calligraphy line structure, pen and ink, diction, writing style, style, and mounting style. The oracle bone inscriptions created by our ancestors, Zhongdingwen, large seal script and small seal script, Jin Dynasty running script, Han Li, Wei stele, Tang Kaili, Tang Dynasty Kuangcao and Jincao, Song Dynasty running script, Yuan, Ming and Qing running script, Wei stele and small seal script, the calligraphy of the Republic of China, and even modern calligraphy. Throughout the ages, the art of calligraphy has really attracted countless Heroes compete to give up? Ah. From ancient emperors to modern leaders, from ancient champions to today's talents, from white-headed old men to innocent children, people's appreciation and love for the art of calligraphy have cultivated and tempered the aesthetic taste of the Chinese people. We learn from the sage of calligraphy Wang Xizhi The "Preface to Orchid Pavilion" reads the beautiful artistic conception of the prosperous wind and the clear sky. From Yan Zhenqing's regular script, we feel the heroic and heroic spirit of loyalty and bravery! The calligraphy gives us a soul-shaking beauty with abstract lines of ink and brush. When people appreciate the wild cursive works of Huai Su and Zhang Xu, they are shocked and excited by the earth-shattering rhythm of lines. When we appreciate the solemn inscriptions on bells and tripods or the carvings on cliffs, we are also in awe of the majesty of our ancestors.

Thirdly, the art of Chinese calligraphy can not only provide people with beautiful enjoyment, but also provide health care. Effective method. Research by medical experts shows that among the twenty occupations that can make people live longer, calligraphy ranks first.

Historical facts have proven that calligraphy does play a certain role in people’s health and longevity. Someone once made statistics and found that most calligraphers from ancient times to the present have lived a long life.

From the Han Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty, when the average human life span was 25 to 40 years old, the average life span of famous calligraphers was about 80 years old. For example, Liu Gongquan in the Tang Dynasty was 87 years old, Ouyang Xun was 84 years old, and Yu Shinan was 80 years old; later Yang Weizhen is 74 years old, Wen Zhengming is 89 years old, Liang Tongshu is 92 years old, Weng Tonghe is 85 years old, and He Shaoji is 74 years old? From the late Qing Dynasty to the founding of New China, the average age of human beings was 40 to 62 years old, and the average life span of famous calligraphers was 88 years old. ; In modern times, the average life span of famous calligraphers has exceeded 90 years old. For example, Qi Baishi, Huang Binhong, He Xiangning, and Zhang Shizhao all live to be over 90 years old. Zhu Qizhan, Su Juxian, Sun Mofo, etc. are even more than 100 years old.

Calligraphy has a health-preserving effect, which is a common knowledge among many people who study calligraphy. Someone summed up these functions into four sentences: "Wash the brush, adjust the ink, relax the body, and concentrate on the expected glyphs." The spirit is focused on the holographic movement, which is pleasing to the eye and endlessly joyful. The so-called "washing the brush, adjusting the ink and loosening the four bodies" is the first stage of calligraphy health preservation. At this stage, through preparatory actions such as washing brushes and adjusting ink, the four bodies are relaxed and the qi and blood meridians of the whole body are dredged. "Concentrating on envisioning the glyphs" is the second stage of calligraphy health preservation. Wang Xizhi said: "Concentrate your mind and meditate, envision the size, straightness, and vibration of the characters, so that the muscles and veins are connected, and the intention is to write first, and then write the characters." This requires concentration of thoughts and adjusting consciousness to the best state. Only in this way can you enter image thinking, and you will suddenly feel relaxed and happy, and your strength will be strong. ?Concentrating on holographic movements with spirit and energy is the third stage of calligraphy health preservation. The key to focusing the spirit and energy on the whole process of calligraphy movement is to ensure that the spirit guides the brushstrokes and the energy flows into the hands, so as to drive the activities of the whole body. This stage can be said to be the most substantial stage of the calligraphy movement. "Pleasant to the eyes and endless joy" is the fourth stage of calligraphy health preservation. Good works are pleasing to the eye and enjoyable to watch. By learning calligraphy, you can get a sense of satisfaction from your own creation, and your state of mind will also gain a kind of detachment and purification, and you will feel comfortable.

?Writing is both dynamic and still. It is an ideal way to maintain health for company white-collar workers, government officials, and intellectuals. ? Zhang Haowen said. Calligraphy is image thinking, dominated by the right brain. White-collar workers and intellectuals mostly use their left brain to think logically when dealing with problems during the day. Practicing calligraphy in your spare time can soothe your nerves, alternately use the left and right brains, and rest alternately, so that logical thinking and image thinking can combine work and rest. When practicing calligraphy, you must eliminate distracting thoughts, concentrate and forget everything, and organically transfer dots into the structure of the characters through scientific fingering, arm, wrist, and body techniques. The writing state activates nerve cells in the brain, smoothes blood throughout the body, and twists and exercises the muscles of the arms and waist, achieving the effect of strengthening the body.

Specifically, the health-preserving effects of calligraphy can be divided into two aspects: invisible "static power" and visible "dynamic power". Practicing calligraphy requires full concentration and concentration, eliminating distracting thoughts, breathing steadily, focusing on the Dantian, and writing strong and powerful words on paper with a soft brush. This is a kind of qigong in itself. When practicing calligraphy, your mind is highly concentrated, and you can even reach a state of selflessness. Your mood and thoughts are integrated into the artistic conception of the words, and you turn a blind eye to or hear nothing about the unpleasant things happening in front of or around you, thus entering a relaxed and comfortable state, without delusions and thoughts. Worries can be relieved and the spirit can be enjoyed, which is beneficial to physical and mental health. If you can persevere, you can still achieve a state of concentrated thoughts, open mind, and physical and mental pleasure.

In addition, since practicing calligraphy requires the whole body to be in a sitting or upright position, keeping upright from head to toe, with the head upright, shoulders loose, body straight, arms open, and feet secure, this is practical. That is to say, practicing "Sitting Gong" or "Zhanzhuang Gong" is good for neurasthenia, digestive tract diseases, coronary heart disease, and even some weak chronic patients.

The "moving power" is manifested in the body movement when waving the brush and moving the wrist. For example, according to the "Eight Methods of Yongzi" in calligraphy, when writing, you need to frequently change the movements of lifting, pressing, urgent, slow, left, and right, and the fingers, wrists, and palms must move regularly. Generally speaking, when writing small characters below Cun Kai, the emphasis is on movement of fingers. To write words more than five inches long, you need to hang your wrist. When writing larger characters, you need to hang your elbows even more.

To write very large characters, you need to use your whole body from elbows to shoulders, body and steps. Therefore, when you practice calligraphy and writing every day, you must constantly change your movements and flexibly use your fingers, wrists, elbows, shoulders, body, etc., which is actually a gentle but powerful aerobic fitness exercise.

The health-preserving and therapeutic effects of calligraphy have been confirmed in the Chinese and Western medical circles. Professor Gao Shangren of the University of Hong Kong once conducted an experiment and found that when people write calligraphy, their heart beats slower and more regularly than when they are resting. The writer's mind enters a state of continuous quietness, which has a positive regulating effect on blood pressure.

From the perspective of psychological adjustment, when a person is in an emotional state, if he can sit down and write hundreds of words in regular script, concentrate on dot painting stroke by stroke, and write slowly, he will soon be able to write hundreds of words in regular script. You will feel emotionally stable, calm and peaceful; when you feel depressed, depressed and troubled, if you can practice running script and cursive script, and express your emotions freely and vent your emotions, your energy will double and you will be high-spirited.

Therefore, white-collar workers and intellectual families can make some fitness investments based on their own interests and hobbies. Buy paper, pen and ink, and practice calligraphy after work or when you feel tired at work. It is indeed a very good fitness exercise. Some people liken the benefits of practicing calligraphy at different stages of life to: practicing calligraphy in childhood is like taming an animal, practicing calligraphy in youth is like making friends, practicing calligraphy in middle age is like escaping from the summer heat, and practicing calligraphy in old age is like tonic. For middle-aged people who are busy under the dual pressure of career and family, practicing calligraphy is like "escape from the summer heat", which can relax the spirit and exercise the body and mind.

Calligraphy is an art that deserves to be vigorously promoted and carried forward. As a Chinese, even if you have a high degree of education and proficient computer skills, if you cannot write your own national characters with ease, Or if the writing is extremely ugly, it is also a kind of cultural deficiency, and it will be considered as having no cultural heritage and cultural expression. Consider calligraphy a part of the life of computer people, and don’t let computer agraphia waste this essence of traditional Chinese culture!