The Art form called Calligraphy

artist: Gr. 7 student M. Scharlack

Grade 6 - Calligraphy is an Art

For the Main Lesson unit on China, Grade 6 students have been studying the Dynasties - some spanning hundred’s of years - from the Great Wall to the Silk Road to Forbidden Cities.

From Ms. Yu, students got a lesson in the art of Calligraphy. Chinese calligraphy, appreciated for its aesthetic quality, has a long tradition. It is regarded as one of the creative disciplines in China. Emphasizing harmony, nature, and mastery of technique. The most renowned traditional arts in China include calligraphy, ink wash painting, ceramics, jade carving, stringed instruments, opera, and garden design. Chinese calligraphy focuses not only on methods of writing but also on cultivating one's character and is taught as a pursuit. 

Such a venerated task, the act of copying down ancient calligraphy (and the thoughtful beauty employed in the process) is supposed to have a purifying effect on the soul.

‘Spring Night in Luoyang’ is the poem the students were asked to write.

"Calligraphy is sheer life experienced through energy in motion that is registered as traces on silk or paper, with time and rhythm in shifting space its main ingredients." Stanley-Baker.