The role and challenges of three-stroke script in modern calligraphy education
List of Authors
  • Liu Ying , Rong Sisi

Keyword
  • Three-Stroke Script, Modern Calligraphy Education, Role, Challenges

Abstract
  • Chinese calligraphy education (CCE), with world-renowned artistic and cultural values, is essential to Chinese culture. The “Three Strokes Script (TSS)” is an integral part of CCE, which not only improves the CCE’s efficiency and standardization but also meets the needs of modern life and promotes the wide dissemination and innovative development of CCE. There are more studies on TSS, but comprehensive review articles are still lacking. Therefore, there is a need to analyze the state of development and trends in TSS and use these insights to improve the quality of teaching and enhance students' comprehensive literacy. This study synthesizes a large amount of relevant literature from China and abroad. Comparative analysis demonstrates the educational value of TSS. It reveals the current state of implementation of TSS and identifies the challenges faced in the current practice of TSS. The results show that TSS significantly improves calligraphic skills, aesthetic literacy, cultural inheritance, and identity. Meanwhile, digital technology has brought new opportunities for TSS, immensely stimulating students' interest and participation in learning. Some challenges in TSS still need to be further explored and solved. The teaching quality can be effectively improved by innovating the education model, strengthening the teacher construction, and utilizing modern technology. Through systematic analysis, this paper provides new research ideas and directions for future TSS and modern calligraphy education.

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