Written on oracle bones – animal bones or turtle plastrons – it is the earliest known form of Chinese writing. Oracle bone script was an early form of Chinese characters written on animals' bones. As young generations are "typing" more often than "writing", when PC, tablets and mobile phones became the major communication channels, Chinese calligraphy becomes purely art. In Taiwan, students were requested to write Chinese calligraphy starting from primary school all the way to junior high school on weekly basis at least to year 1980. Chinese calligraphy focuses not only on methods of writing but also on cultivating one's character (人品) and taught as a pursuit (－書法 pinyin: shūfǎ, rules of writing Han characters ).Ĭhinese calligraphy used to be popular in China, Taiwan, Japan, Korea, Vietnam and Hongkong. In China, calligraphy is referred to as shūfǎ or fǎshū (書法/书法, 法書/法书), literally 'way/method/law of writing' shodō ( 書道) in Japan ('way/principle of writing') and seoye (서예 書藝) in Korea ('skill/criterion of writing' ) thư pháp (書法) in Vietnam ('handwriting art').Ĭhinese calligraphy appreciated more or only for its aesthetic quality has a long tradition, and is today regarded as one of the arts (Chinese 藝術/艺术 pinyin: yìshù, a relatively recent word in Chinese) in the countries where it is practised.
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