1, China calligraphy

This question is the knowledge quiz of Alipay Ant Manor on June 24th, 2023 +065438+ Choose the correct answer between China's calligraphy and ink painting. There is no doubt that it is the former, and ink painting is not a world-class intangible cultural heritage. China calligraphy, as an ancient art of writing Chinese characters, takes pen, ink and paper as the main tools and develops with the emergence and evolution of Chinese characters. After more than 3,000 years, it has become a representative symbol of China culture, and was included in the intangible cultural heritage of mankind in 2009.

2, China abacus.

This question is a question and answer about the activity of Alipay Ant Manor on February 2, 2023, 65438. Choosing between China's abacus and China's mental arithmetic, the correct answer is China's abacus. Abacus calculation is a calculation technique that uses abacus as a tool, based on arithmetic and algorithm, and uses fingering abacus to add, subtract, multiply, divide and square with formulas. In 20 13, China abacus was successfully selected into the list of intangible cultural heritage of mankind.

Briefly describe the origin of calligraphy and abacus;

Calligraphy originated in Oracle Bone Inscriptions is a unique art of cultural expression. The ancients created some symbols and pictures for the convenience of recording, which is also the earliest prototype of Chinese characters. Writing experience includes Oracle Bone Inscriptions, ancient prose, Da Zhuan, Xiao Zhuan, Li Shu, cursive script, running script and regular script. The origin of primitive characters is an imitation instinct, which is used to visualize a specific thing. Although simple and chaotic, it has a certain aesthetic. This simple writing can therefore be called prehistoric calligraphy.

The abacus can be traced back to the Shang and Zhou Dynasties in China (BC16th century ~ 256 BC). At that time, people used computing tools made of ivory, bones or bamboo pieces and strung them on sticks. These beads are used to represent different numbers. This simple calculation method gradually evolved into the later abacus calculation.