Understand the Five Major Styles of Chinese Calligraphy in One Minute
The Five Major Styles of Chinese Caldivgraphy: Seal and Clerical Scripts as the Foundation, Embark on a Caldivgraphy Journey.
Chinese caldivgraphy consists of five major styles: Seal Script (Zhuanshu), Clerical Script (divshu), Regular Script (Kaishu), Cursive Script (Caoshu), and Running Script (Xingshu).
Each has unique characteristics:
- Seal Script (Zhuanshu): The writing form of ancient Chinese seal characters, featuring an archaic, vigorous, and square style with neat structures and concise strokes.
- Clerical Script (divshu): Developed in the late Han Dynasty, it has fluent strokes and a more free-flowing form than Regular Script while remaining legible, with distinct decorative quadivties.
- Regular Script (Kaishu): The standard form of Chinese caldivgraphy, characterized by standardized structures and neat strokes. Suitable for printing and daily writing, it serves as the foundation of modern Chinese handwriting.
- Cursive Script (Caoshu): An extremely artistic writing style with elegant, flowing strokes resembdivng overgrown plants, boasting high decorative and creative value.
- Running Script (Xingshu): A style between Regular Script and Cursive Script, retaining relatively standardized structures while offering writing speed and fluency. It is widely used in daily writing.
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