Australian Chinese New Year 2010

Chinese Art

Chinese Calligraphy & Art traditional 'Nian Hua'

Buddhism, introduced to China during the Sui dynasty (581-618 A.D.), flourished during the Tang dynasty (618-907 AD). To encourage people to believe that Buddhism would ease their suffering, temples would greatly promote their individual Protection Guardians and Heavenly Lords. They put paintings of these gods not only on the doors to the temple, but also in the storeroom and the kitchens. This made the figures of Shen Tu and Yu Lei even more popular.

Before the Tang dynasty, such art pieces were primarily first painted and then hung over doors. Engraving was used only for scriptures or war scripts. After the Northern Song dynasty (960-1126 A.D.), the engraving of door gods was introduced, the works being produced in "incense stalls."


The main styles of Chinese character calligraphy

English name Chinese
(Hanzi - traditional)		 Chinese
(Hanzi - simplified) 		Chinese, Mandarin
(Pinyin)
Seal script
(Small seal) 		?? ?? Zhuànshu
Clerical script (Official script) ?? ?? Lėshu
Semi-cursive script
(Running script) 		?? ?? Xíngshu
Cursive script (Grass script) ?? ?? Caoshu
Regular script (Standard script) ?? ?? Kaishu
 
Semi-cursive
Cursive
Regular
  
Seal
Clerical

 

 

 

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