Calligraphy culture has a long history and is the result of communication across time and space. Although communication is a modern concept, this does not mean that there was no communication in ancient calligraphy. This study interprets the inheritance of ancient calligraphy from the perspective of communication studies, thereby gaining a new understanding of the elements and phenomena of ancient calligraphy. This is a new level of calligraphy research, and it is also a concrete study of communication studies, with an interdisciplinary nature.
This study takes ancient calligraphy communication media as the research object, highlights the role of media in calligraphy communication, and looks at ancient calligraphy from a dynamic perspective. Ancient calligraphy communication media are divided into six types, namely: commemorative media, copying media, dependent media, spatial media, subject media, and text media.
Commemorative media are mainly divided into bronze media, inscription media, epitaph media, and statue media. They are solemn and stable, and difficult to move, which are the characteristics of their communication. Reproducing media are mainly divided into single reproducing media and batch reproducing media. Facsimiles, imitation books and engravings are representatives of this type of media. The dependent media are mainly dependent media for paintings, inscriptions and practical functions. This type of media has its own subject, and the art of calligraphy must rely on its media to achieve dissemination.
Space media are mainly divided into desk space media, wall space media, and mountain space media. They are spaces for displaying hand scrolls, notebooks, vertical scrolls, naves, couplets, and cliff carved stones. The main media mainly reflects the role of people in calligraphy communication activities, and emperors and nobles have communication advantages. Text media expresses the spread of calligraphy culture. Official histories, poems, and novels are all text media forms that carry calligraphy culture, and their characteristics and functions are different.