One of the ancient forms of writing originating from Asia, Chinese calligraphy, dates back to the Shang dynasty (circa 1600 BC-1046 BC). Calligraphy evolved from pictographs, which resemble Egyptian Hieroglyphs, into the many characters that are written today. Early characters or pictographs have been discovered inscribed into pottery or bone dating back over 4000 years ago.
Woodcuts are another type of media calligraphy has been discovered upon. There are five main types of Chinese calligraphy. Seal script called Zhuan-shu. The official script know as Clerical script or Li-shu. Block script called Regular script or Kai-shu. Semi-cursive script called Running script or Xing-shu. Cursive script which is called Grass script or Cao-shu.
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Introduced to Japan from China around the fifth century. Japanese calligraphy today has evolved from a form of communication to an art of beautiful writing. Calligraphy has often been considered a higher form of art than painting.
Calligraphy has many names within the Asian culture. Chinese calligraphy is called Hanzi. Korea’s name for calligraphy is Hanja. Japans name for calligraphy is Kanji. While Han Tu is Vietnamese for calligraphy. Today calligraphy is most often written upon paper using small, medium or large brushes made of Sheep, Pig, Buffalo, mouse or wolf hair. The stalk of the brush ranges from a variety of material from common bamboo to gold or jade.
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