For this reason, they are worth to be researched and examined in historical and modern aspects.Д¬hinese painting and calligraphy are harmonically linked and called sisters because of common features and using lines, which transform into highly developed art forms, and represent not only the contours, but also express the vision and feelings of the artist. The painting and calligraphy are two parts of Chinese soul forms the basis and background of Chinese art. All of them, creating and modifying each other, formed like a long chain of complex parts, extremely different and at the same time welded together.

Indeed, a hallmark of Chinese culture was the fact that none of the major events passed without leaving a trace in its history. However, every historical period, even obscure and dark one, made a significant contribution to the history of the Chinese art. A lot of them left at that stage, or drastically changed, preparing the way for the development of the new phenomenon. New types and genres of art have been emerging during the last five thousand years: from the earliest periods of Chinese history known to mankind till nowadays. Chinese art had its rise and decline stages, due to the historical destiny that the country faced in the process of its development. It put down roots few thousand years ago and has been developing on a single territory since those times. Chinese culture is one of the oldest in the world.

Ancient chinese calligraphy font