Chinese Calligraphy Gift Sets

Calligraphy Styles

All styles of calligraphy, namely, zhuan, the seal character, li, the official or clerical script, kai, the regular script, xing, the running hand, cao, the cursive hand, display their own distinctive appeal. Calligraphy has become a sophisticated art over several thousand years evolvement.

Calligraphy in History

Regarded as the most abstract and sublime form of art in Chinese culture, Shu Fa, calligraphy, is often thought to be most revealing of ones personality. During the imperial era, calligraphy was used as an important criterion for selection of executives to the Imperial court. Unlike other visual art techniques, all calligraphy strokes are permanent and incorrigible, demanding careful planning and confident execution. Such are the skills required for an administrator or executive. While one has to conform to the defined structure of words, the expression can be extremely creative. To exercise humanistic imagination and touch under the faceless laws and regulations is also a virtue well appreciated.