中国的篆刻艺术是以石材为载体、以汉字为表象并由中国古代印章镌刻技艺发展而来的中国特有的传统艺术。古代的印章是行使和授受国家机构权利、证明个人身份的凭信物,距今已有三千多年的历史。公元十三世纪之后,艺术家开始选用石材代替金属并亲自动手刻制印童,这一技艺的改变,为篆刻艺术 China’s seal cutting art is based on stone as the carrier, the Chinese characters as the image and the ancient Chinese seal engraved skills developed from the unique Chinese traditional art. The ancient seal is a credible token of exercising and imparting the rights of state institutions and proving personal identity. It has a history of over 3,000 years. After the 13th century AD, the artist began to use stone instead of metal and hand-carved child print, the art of change, as carving art