The seal is part of the picture form. The ancients emphasized the overall unity of poetry, calligraphy, painting and seal in a work. In terms of content, seals can be divided into name seals (including pen names, names, numbers, etc.), room seals, leisure seals, etc.

In terms of form, it is divided into two types: Zhu Wen (Yang Wen) and Bai Wen (Yin Wen). In terms of shape, there are many kinds of square, round, rectangular, flat square and irregular shapes. Therefore, the size of the seal should be proportional and harmonious with the size of the painting, forming a perfect unity of calligraphy and painting seals. The importance of the location of the stamps in Chinese landscape paintings is as follows:

1. The seals in Chinese landscape paintings also need to be particular. Usually, the author’s name, Chinese character, and serial number are stamped behind the inscription of a painting. Seals, the two seals should have different changes in size, shape and vermilion inscriptions.

2. Stamp corner stamps on the corresponding corners so that the stamps can balance and complement each other.

3. There are also cases where multiple stamps are stamped at appropriate positions on the frame to increase the formal beauty of the picture. Note that there are also cases where only one stamp is stamped for simplicity and simplicity.

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Notes on inscriptions and seals on traditional Chinese paintings and landscapes:

1. When inscribing and sealing calligraphy and paintings, the seal should not be larger than the characters. It is natural to put a big seal on a large area and a small seal on a small area.

2. The traditional Chinese painting should be stamped directly under the inscription and straight down to the bottom corner. No corner stamps are allowed. For example, if you sign on the upper right corner, you can stamp the "Xian" seal on the lower left corner; if you sign on the upper left corner, you can stamp the "Xiang seal" on the lower right corner. If the seal of the above paragraph is close to the lower corner, the idle seal does not need to be stamped.

3. When signing the traditional Chinese painting banner, there should be no free stamps on the left and right corners. If you sign on the upper right corner, you can stamp it with a square seal on the lower left corner; if you sign it on the upper left corner, you can stamp it with a square seal on the lower right corner. If there is no need to stamp the seal here, but to stamp it reluctantly will be self-defeating.

4. Rectangular, round, and oblong seals cannot be placed on the lower corners of the square seals. Square seals cannot be placed on the blank spaces at the top of calligraphy and paintings.

5. When inscribing a straight Chinese painting, the characters at the end of each line must not match the length of the characters at the end of other lines. The same applies to sealing. Two seals, one square and one round, cannot match. Seals of the same shape can match. , stamped with two seals, one large and one small, cannot match, same size can match.