Since the day when Chinese characters have appeared in daily practical ** calligraphy art, they have simply attracted the love of many Chinese like magic, and they are like crazy, regardless of status, official rank, rich and poor, men and women, old and young, not to mention the difference of the times, regardless of the outside and the boudoir, and not at home and monk, all good as intoxicated! In a word, calligraphy has a common beauty in our country, a beauty of Chinese synaesthesia.
Historically, Chen Zun (the word Menggong) of the Later Han Dynasty, a native of Duling (now Xi'an), a good seal, every book, one is shocked, and people call it "Chen Shock"; Yin Zun, a native of the Later Han Dynasty, is a native of Guiyang today, a good history book, a book, and many people hide it; After the Han Dynasty Shi Yiguan, Nanyang people, can write, the big is a word diameter, the small is a thousand words, he wrote the "Geng Qiu Tablet" has been lost, even since the serious, or empty bag to the restaurant, the first book on the wall, the viewer is like a cloud, the wine because of the big sale, as long as it is enough, then cut the book and retreat; The official of Song Zhao Zigu, the boat broke down halfway, Zigu abandoned the things he carried, and only put his hands on the "Lan Ting" paper to make it not damaged, that is, the "falling water Ben Ding Wu Lan Pavilion" passed down by later generations, and you can get a glimpse of its pity; Song has an old man in Mi Fu official office, many lawsuits, is to reprimand, said: "Shibao love the calligraphy of the parents, each lawsuit to give instructions to hide the reason also." ”
Nowadays, whenever the city is at home, there is always a beautiful calligraphy or painting hanging in the living room, and some are even a set of word screens or painting screens, and the exquisite people, the works hung in summer and winter are different, the summer is the ink tuo product, and the winter is replaced by Zhu tuo, giving people a feeling of cool summer and warm winter. Most shops (restaurants) have a place to hang calligraphy and paintings. In the countryside, some houses are also hung with beautiful calligraphy and paintings in the hall (main hall). There is even a "hometown of calligraphy and painting", which is even more extraordinary.
The reason why there is this kind of ancient and modern, no race, no distinction between dignity and inferiority, no distinction between rich and poor, young and old, regardless of men and women, outside the square or boudoir, etc., all have a hobby and pursuit of calligraphy art. Why? I think a more appropriate explanation is "national consciousness". For thousands of years, a nation has lived together for a long time, and its members have developed a common mentality, and over time, it has become the common consciousness of the nation, and has penetrated into all aspects of the customs of the nation, which probably means that each nation has its own unique ideology and the corresponding literary and artistic forms.
Someone once tried to test some international friends, and friends in Europe and the United States bluntly told me: "We are not interested in Chinese calligraphy or painting, because we don't understand it." On the contrary, some Southeast Asian friends are different, as soon as they see Chinese calligraphy and painting, they have a sense of intimacy and affinity; And Japan, North Korea and other friends are more cordial, as soon as they see Chinese books and paintings, they can't let go, ask this and that, the reason is that they understand, they understand the living habits of Chinese, understand the cultural traditions of Chinese, so they like it. If you want to let international friends know about Chinese calligraphy and painting, you should do more introductory work.
On the question of common beauty or common hobbies, Mencius put it up very well in the "Mencius Gaozi I", which is very logical and reasonable.
Mencius said: Rich years old, children are more than lucky; Fierce years, children are violent. It is not the descending of heaven to be very special, and it is the one who is drowning in his heart. Now the bran is sown and sown, and the ground is the same, and the tree is the same, and it is born spontaneously, and as for the time of the day, it is ripe. Although there are differences, the land is fat, the rain and dew are nourished, and the personnel are uneven. Therefore, those who are of the same kind, if they are similar, why should people be suspicious? Saints and my kind. Therefore, Long Zi said: "If you are not satisfied, I know that it is not for you." "The shoes are similar, and the feet of the world are the same.
The mouth is in taste, there is the same hobby, and the easy teeth are the first to get the ones who are addicted to my mouth. If the mouth is in the taste, its nature is different from the person, if the dog and horse are not the same kind to me, then the world is all from the easy tooth to the taste. As for the taste, the world is similar to the mouth of the world. The same is true of the ear, as for the sound, the world is in the teacher's open, and it is similar to the ear of the world. The same is true of the eyes, as for the subcapital, the world does not know its beauty, and those who do not know the beauty of the subcapital, and those who have no eyes.
Therefore, it is said that the mouth is also the same as the taste; The ear is also to the sound, and there is the same hearing; The eyes are also beautiful. As for the heart, is there nothing the same? Those who are the same in their hearts are also reasonable, and righteous are also righteous. The saint first has the same ear as my heart, so the righteousness pleases my heart, and the pleasing mouth of the skull.
We see Mencius talking about the difference between the fierce year and the good year, affecting the character of young people, and then talking about the peasants planting wheat, and then leading to the same feeling of the mouth, ears, and eyes, and finally it comes down to the human heart, and also has the same feeling for reason and righteousness. Although some international friends do not understand Chinese calligraphy for the time being, I firmly believe that it will change soon. Just like Rodin, Picasso, and other masters who are not understood by the world, haven't they been understood now? Later, the freehand school and abstract school that appeared in the international painting circle, they frankly admitted that they were influenced by Chinese calligraphy or painting, so it is already waiting to be seen that Chinese calligraphy will go to the world and be understood by international friends. At present, some universities have set up calligraphy and Chinese painting majors for international friends, which are paving the way for the common beauty of Chinese calligraphy and painting in the world in the future.