Specifications and dimensions of paper used for soft pen calligraphy works

Soft pen? Are you talking about brushes?

Calligraphy works are generally made of rice paper. It is divided into two feet, eight feet, six feet, four feet, three feet, etc. The work created with these types of paper is called a whole sheet. For example, a four-foot sheet or a four-foot sheet;

If the whole piece of paper is folded horizontally and cut in half, it is called a bucket square, such as an eight-foot bucket square, a four-foot bucket square, etc.;

If the whole piece of paper is folded vertically in half, it is called a banner, such as a six-foot banner, a four-foot banner, etc.

In addition, there are some irregular works, all of which are spliced, and they are not mainstream, so I will enumerate them one by one.

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There are two main types of paper for soft pen calligraphy works:

1.The whole sheet of rice paper (i.e. 46cm 69cm to 95cm 180cm) is vertical, and handscrolls and albums are not included in the collection, and the works are not allowed to be framed.

2.The size of the paper used for the work shall not exceed the size of A3 paper (i.e., within the size).

The above are the paper specifications and sizes of two common soft pen calligraphy works, and the specific size may be slightly different according to the actual situation.

The shape of calligraphy: that is, the specification, the form of the bucket, banner, banner, hall, fan, etc.

1. Dou Fang: It is a common term in the Chinese painting world, a square painting is Dou Fang, the most common is 69 * 69cm (2 city feet square) size, its size is 4 square feet, this size is made of a four-foot whole Xuan (2 city feet wide, 4 city feet long) along the length direction. The one-foot square is also known as a "sketch".

2. Banner: The size is generally a whole piece of rice paper.

3. Banner: There is no fixed size for the banner, and it is adjusted according to the hanging position, site situation and banner content.

4. Middle hall: use a six-foot one.

5. Fan surface: The size of the fan surface is generally calculated according to one and a half square feet, the fan is calculated by two square feet, and the group fan is calculated according to the diameter size.

Opusculum. 33*33cm

1 sq. ft. 2) Sketches.

45*33cm

Square feet. Extended Information: The Four Treasures of the Study:

1. Brush. The barrel of the brush is generally controlled by bamboo, and the particular ones are controlled by spotted bamboo, and there are also rhinoceros horns, ivory or gold and silver, which are arts and crafts.

The beast used in the pen is divided into two categories: soft (soft) and strong (hard), and the soft hair is mainly made of goat hair; Jianhao is made of rabbit spine hair and weasel tail hair, etc., and the soft and Jianhao are mixed together to be called Jianhao.

The nib is made by a cluster of long millimeters in the middle called the front, that is, the nib; Surrounded by a slightly shorter millimeter, it is called a secondary millimeter. A good brush has four advantages: pointed, straight, round and healthy. The area of the production of brushes, from the Tang Dynasty to the Song Dynasty, is the most famous in Xuanzhou, Anhui Province, and the purple hao (old purple rabbit hao) pen produced is the best product, and its price is like gold.

2. Ink. The appearance of ink is very early, and it is said in the "Calligraphy Compilation" that Xingyi of the Western Zhou Dynasty began to make ink, saying that it was made of soot, but it was a matter after the Western Han Dynasty.

Its raw materials are different, can be divided into oil smoke ink, lacquer smoke ink, pine smoke ink, respectively with tung oil, lacquer, pine branches burned soot, plus yellow gelatin and musk, borneol, etc. During the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the ink of Yizhou and the paper of Yanxian were very famous.

3. Paper. Paper is one of the four great inventions of ancient China, and the cultural relics unearthed from the Western Han Dynasty tomb have appeared in the hemp paper, but it is very rough. Since the Han Dynasty, the calligraphy and painting that has survived in the world are all calligraphy and painting on mulberry paper (also known as Han paper), and Cai Lun of the Eastern Han Dynasty has adopted a variety of raw materials and improved paper-making methods, so that the quality and output of paper have been greatly improved.

Due to the widespread use of paper, Emperor An of Jin ordered the abolition of bamboo and wood tablets that had been used since ancient times, and advanced history to the era of comprehensive use of paper. The paper industry in the Tang Dynasty was very developed, Xuanzhou out of Xuan paper, Jiangxi Linchuan out of thin paper, Yangzhou out of Liuhe paper, Guangzhou out of bamboo paper, etc., are all first-class products.

4. Inkstone. Inkstone, in the Western Han Dynasty has been used, Hubei Jingzhou Phoenix Mountain West Han Tomb unearthed inkstone, China's tradition has four major inkstones, namely the end inkstone, the inkstone, Tao inkstone, Chengni inkstone.

Encyclopedia - Sector.

Encyclopedia - Banner.

Encyclopedia - Dou Fang.

Common specifications and sizes of calligraphy: Chinese painting.

The size of the rice paper (unit: cm) is ruined.

Small three feet: 50*100;Large three feet: 69*100; Three-foot wide open:

100 x 55 ；Three-foot single strip: 100 x 27; Three-foot horizontal batch: 100 x 55; Three-foot couplet:

Ant 100 x 27 ; Three-foot bucket square: 55 x 50;Full open 4 feet: 138 x 69 ; Four-foot single strip:

138 x 34 Four-foot Horizontal Batch: 138 x 69 ; Four-foot couplet: 138 x 34 ; Four-foot bucket square:

69 x 68 ；

4 feet 3 open: 69 x 46 ; 4 ft 4: 69 x 34 ; 4 ft 6: 46 x 34 ; Four feet eight.

Open: hail slow 35 x 34; 5 feet wide open: 153 x 84 ; Five-foot single strip:

153 x 42 ；5-foot horizontal batch: 153 x 84 ; Five-foot couplet: 153 x 42 ; Five-foot bucket square:

84 x 77 ；Full open 6 feet: 180 x 97 ; Six-foot-3 open source object model: 97 x 60; Six-foot couplet:

180 x 49 ；Six-foot bucket square: 97 x 90; Open 7 feet: 238 x 129.

First of all, I want to clarify, generally not called soft pen calligraphy, there is a fine hard sponge made of the pen, the words written can imitate the effect of the brush, but can only write small letters, when the pen needs to be spread too big, because this pen head is one, can not write the effect of the brush. Therefore, it is generally called brush calligraphy. Due to the popularity of hard pens, few people use brushes in practical use.

In addition to the fountain pens and ballpoint pens we use daily, there are also other tools used to calligraphy such as bamboo pens and chopsticks, but in general, they all imitate brush calligraphy. Therefore, what we normally call calligraphy generally refers to brush calligraphy.

Then there is the issue of using paper for calligraphy.

Calligraphy is generally made of rice paper for calligraphy (creation), and other papers that can be used for calligraphy creation are also close to rice paper in performance, such as raw edge paper, clay paper, newsprint, etc. Xuan paper is roughly divided into three categories: cooked Xuan, raw Xuan, and half-cooked Xuan.

Because the cooked Xuan is made of alum on the basis of raw Xuan, the ink is not easy to penetrate on it, that is, the water absorption is not strong, and the effect required by calligraphy cannot be written, so it is better to use Shengxuan in general calligraphy creation.

China's Han Dynasty had paper, the main raw material for papermaking before the Sui and Tang dynasties was hemp, and the papermaking technology in the Sui and Tang dynasties had further development and spread to many countries in Asia. During this period, the raw materials for papermaking expanded to include bark, mulberry, rattan bark, bamboo, etc. Some special varieties of paper appeared.

For example, in the Tang Dynasty, there were precious varieties such as "cooked paper", sprinkled gold and silver paper, cold gold paper, and the famous Xue Tao note.

Raw rice paper is characterized by soft paper, weak transparency, and strong water absorption. It is named because it is produced in Xuancheng, Anhui Province. Now Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Hebei and other places can also produce such paper, we are still collectively referred to as Xuan paper.

The main raw material of rice paper is sandalwood bark, which is white and slender and resistant to decay. Anhui Xuancheng, Jing County is rich in sandalwood, and the spring water is clean, the four seasons are long, with unique papermaking conditions.

The characteristics of rice paper are that the texture is tough, the water absorption is strong, the texture is beautiful, the white and fine, the ink rhyme level is clear, it is not easy to change color or insects to rot, it can be durable for a long time, and it can be preserved for hundreds of years.

Raw rice paper can make the pen and ink unpredictable, which is an effect that other papers cannot produce. According to its thickness, it can be divided into single xuan, sandwich xuan (two layers of paper) and three-layer sandwich xuan.

According to the size of the rice paper, it can be divided into: three-foot Xuan, four-foot Xuan, five-foot Xuan, six-foot Xuan, eight-foot Xuan, Zhang Erpi Xuan, etc. The rice paper is named after the maker, and there is Wang Liuji's "Liuji Xuan"; Named after the color patterns, there are tiger skin, coral, mica, ice and snow, cold gold, mud gold, jade plates, cicada wings, etc.

Preservation of rice paper: mainly to prevent moisture. Otherwise, the paper will be soaked in water, and the wrinkles will not spread, which will affect the use.

The way I use rice paper is to leave 20 sheets of paper at a time and lay them flat on a solid wood board 30 cm above the ground, which will be used ten years later.

The paper of the bucket square is four feet and is cut in half horizontally.