Calligraphy art is a unique art of cultural expression. Calligraphy art in different periods shows the social and economic development and people's value orientation in different specific periods.
The prosperity of China's calligraphy art began with the emergence of Chinese characters. "Voice can't spread in different places, but stay in different times, so words were born. Writer, so it is the trace of Italian 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.
China's calligraphy is a unique performance art of China culture, which is known as: silent poetry, invisible dance; Painless paintings, silent music.
More than 8,000 years ago, Cishan and Peiligang cultures appeared in the Yellow River basin, and there were many symbols on the handmade ceramics unearthed in Peiligang. This symbol is a chaotic combination of our ancestors' communication function, note-taking function and pattern decoration function. Although these are not real Chinese characters, they are the embryonic forms 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 marked pottery pieces, 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.