In the ancient history of China, the Chinese characters were used to record history. Besides that, they also became a form of art, the Chinese Calligraphy. Chinese Calligraphy was one kind of art that shows the special features of Chinese culture. It was a very important part of Chinese culture. Chinese Calligraphy was the art of writing, and some people would say that the Chinese characters were the history of Chinese Calligraphy. In the modern times, people usually learn seal script, official script, cursive, standard script of handwriting, and running handwriting, so people think that there are only five types of Chinese Calligraphy. Actually, it took a very long time for the development of the Chinese Calligraphy. The earliest Chinese characters that were discovered were oracle-bone scription. Later on, bronze inscription was discovered. After that, those five types of handwriting of chinese calligraphies were created base on the previous characters.

There are two benefits from practising Chinese Calligraphy. First, it requires people to focus and put all his attention on the writing. Therefore, it shaped one's mentality. In addition, people will have satisfaction and feel very happy when they can write the Chinese characters beautifully. It is good for health. Second, it helps develop the ability to appreciate the beauty of the art works. In fact, chinese calligraphy itself is an art work. People's handwriting and the ability to appreciate of beauty of the art works will be much better if they practise and learn more about Chinese Calligraphy.