Ink and Brush: The way of transforming calligraphy and painting

Abstract

Calligraphy and painting, created with a brush on rice paper, are unique art forms of the Chinese people. After thousands of years of development, Chinese calligraphy and painting have formed a complete system of ink and brush expression. Although calligraphy and painting appear in different forms, they share the same spirit of brush and ink. Today, due to the influence of Western trends, calligraphy and painting have strayed from tradition, often focusing only on the shaping and expression of form, without further capturing the spirit or embodying the essence of Chinese Confucian, Buddhist, and Taoist cultures. The future development of calligraphy and painting must first return to the context of traditional Chinese culture and be reviewed from the perspective of Chinese cultural vision and the inheritance of calligraphy and painting.