Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province, the big calligraphy institutions are: Yanshan Academy, Fushang Academy, the former residence of the Academy, Yilin calligraphy and painting education. The following is a detailed introduction:

1.Yanshan Academy

2.Fushang Academy

3.Qianjiu Academy

4.Yilin Calligraphy and Painting Education.

Calligraphy Art Exam of the college entrance examination is generally examined in 3 contents: creation of typeface, copying of ancient tablets and posters, and history and theory of calligraphy. The main test is to examine the style of the font, the character, and the chapter; the copy of ancient tablets refers to the font imitation according to the calligraphy of calligraphy sages, the main test is to examine the candidates eye observation ability and hand expression ability; the history of calligraphy is mainly to examine the candidates professional knowledge of calligraphy.

Copying is to study the works of the sages repeatedly, and to learn from them and finally complete their own creations. As the saying goes, copying to know the meaning of the book, copying to understand the law. Through copying, you can gradually enter the realm of calligraphy learning, which is an important process of calligraphy learning that can't be avoided, and is also an important part of the examination of the calligraphy college entrance examination.

In copying, we should pay attention to the texture of the lines, or smooth, or old, or smooth, or lift and press the ups and downs, the quality of the lines determines the quality of the word. In other words, the line determines the style. Higher quality lines should be accompanied by solid strokes, i.e., medium strokes.

The requirement of the calligraphy college entrance examination is to create a set of characters, and the original characters must be used in the process of creation, and the combinations of bias without the original characters and the creation of similar structures, after a period of repeated set of characters in the process of creation.