In the past, when the imperial examination had not been abolished, all Chinese scholars had to practice their characters well if they wanted to take the imperial examination. Because, neat writing is the minimum basic skill of a student in the exam, and it is also a hard skill that tens of millions of students must have when writing a fold after lifting. When the ancients taught children or students to practice calligraphy, there was a method that was used for a long time, and it has been proven to be very effective by countless teachers and students. This method of practicing calligraphy is to draw red.
The so-called red drawing refers to the process of copying and writing on paper printed with red characters or hollow red characters by people who practice calligraphy. This method is one of the best introductory training methods for beginners. Because when people practiced calligraphy in the past, it was a red character, and every other page was a red standard italic character, with a thin transparent paper on it, and the calligrapher traced the red characters under the transparent paper, which was called drawing red. Because the red painting is intuitive, simple and effective, it is especially suitable for teenagers and beginners to start calligraphy.
As a Chinese teacher who has been teaching for many years, and I have also won the municipal calligraphy award, I have also found that in my usual calligraphy teaching, I have also found that it is the fastest progress for students to practice calligraphy by drawing red. Therefore, whenever I have time, I will put the words that are easy to write mistakes in students' daily homework, or the words that are difficult to write in texts and ancient poems, or the whole ancient poem. Or the whole classical Chinese poem, write it on graph paper into model characters, and then go to the printing room to print it out, and then send it to students to practice writing. When students practice calligraphy, they first use a pen to follow the model characters I wrote, and then write. So, it works great! The following sample words for the poem "Cold Food" were written by me for my students to practice last Friday. Although the characters are not the best written, the font is square and standardized, which is very suitable for the exam. Now take a photo and send it up, if you want to use it, although**Print and write.