Chinese calligraphy

Summary

Chinese calligraphy is an art genre^[1]. It draws 699 Wikipedia views per month (art_genre category, ranking #38 of 200).^[2]

Key Facts

• Chinese calligraphy's instance of is recorded as art genre^[3].
• Chinese calligraphy is a type of East Asian calligraphy^[4].
• Chinese calligraphy is part of four arts of the Chinese scholar^[5].
• Chinese calligraphy's Commons category is recorded as Calligraphy of East Asia^[6].
• Chinese calligraphy's country of origin is recorded as People's Republic of China^[7].
• Chinese calligraphy comprises seal script^[8].
• Chinese calligraphy comprises clerical script^[9].
• Chinese calligraphy comprises Chinese cursive script^[10].
• Chinese calligraphy comprises semi-cursive script^[11].
• Chinese calligraphy comprises regular script^[12].
• Chinese calligraphy's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Chinese calligraphy^[13].
• Chinese calligraphy's Commons gallery is recorded as Kalligraphie^[14].
• Chinese calligraphy's described at URL is recorded as https://ich.unesco.org/en/RL/00216^[15].
• Chinese calligraphy's described at URL is recorded as https://ich.unesco.org/fr/RL/00216^[16].
• Chinese calligraphy's described at URL is recorded as https://ich.unesco.org/es/RL/00216^[17].
• Chinese calligraphy's history of topic is recorded as history of Chinese calligraphy^[18].
• Chinese calligraphy's culture is recorded as Huaren^[19].
• Chinese calligraphy's intangible cultural heritage status is recorded as Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity^[20].
• Chinese calligraphy's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Intangible Cultural Heritage^[21].

Body

Definition and Type

Chinese calligraphy's instance of is recorded as art genre^[3]. It is a type of East Asian calligraphy^[4].

Use and Application

Components include seal script^[8], a Chinese script style^[22], in Zhou dynasty^[23], founded in -1100^[24]; clerical script^[9], a Chinese script style^[25], in Eastern Zhou^[26], founded in 0207^[27]; Chinese cursive script^[10], a Chinese script style^[28]; semi-cursive script^[11], a natural writing system^[29]; and regular script^[12], a Chinese script style^[30]. Chinese calligraphy is part of four arts of the Chinese scholar^[5].

Why It Matters

Chinese calligraphy draws 699 Wikipedia views per month (art_genre category, ranking #38 of 200).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[31] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[32]