Pyongyang, January 20 (KCNA) -- From olden times, the resourceful and talented Korean people have developed calligraphic technique with their own handwriting and contributed to enriching the Eastern culture through calligraphic works.

In the period of Ancient Korea (early 30th century B.C. - 108 B.C.), the first slave state, they invented Sinji characters as a notation means for state activities and documentary transactions and began to do writing according to those characters.

At that time, the calligraphic activities were conducted in the method of drawing up national documents and incising inscriptions on various monuments, rocks, bricks, tiles, vessels, daggers and other structures, favorite articles and daily necessities in conformity with their forms and contents.

Carved on the earthenware of Sinam-ri, Ryongchon County and Rangnang brick, the historical relics, are handwritings peculiar to Ancient Korea.

From the outset, the calligraphic technique of Ancient Korea developed while preserving formative beauty in keeping with the characteristics of calligraphic objects and creating various styles of writing and depiction methods.

Characters of national value inscribed on monuments were depicted in a weighty and solemn way by making strokes with various techniques. And the inscriptions on Rangnang brick were depicted with stable strokes in a quadrilateral frame in conformity with the shapes and nature of architectural materials.

The calligraphic technique of Ancient Korea spread to neighboring countries along with Sinji characters at that time, thus contributing to the development of calligraphic technique and culture in the East. -0-