中国人是一个对材质非常敏感的族群。每当有某种新的材质出现,就会纳入到礼制中来。早在商周时代,就有彩陶、甲骨、青铜、玉器等多种尝试,创造出无与伦比的精妙艺术品。今天关注上面的字迹,谓之“书法”。事实上,尤其像青铜器和造像等,不仅仅是书法。也正因为如此,“书法”才具有丰富的含金量。纸张出现之前,字体大多以材质来命名,如甲骨文、金文、陶文、石鼓文、简书、帛书、砖文等。 Chinese are a very sensitive ethnic groups. Whenever a new type of material appears, it will be included in the ceremony. As early as the Shang and Zhou dynasties, there were various attempts such as painted pottery, oracle bone, bronze and jade ware to create an incomparable exquisite artwork. Today, pay attention to the above handwriting, call it “calligraphy”. In fact, especially like bronzes and statues, it is not just calligraphy. Precisely because of this, “Calligraphy ” is rich in gold content. Before the advent of paper, most of the fonts were named after the materials, such as Oracle, Jinwen, Tao Wen, Shigu, Wenshu, Silk, and other languages.