Li Lingtang, born in 1976, graduated from the Department of Fine Arts of Liaocheng Normal University in 1998, majoring in calligraphy education. He is a member of the Chinese Calligraphers Association. He has won awards and participated in many exhibitions at the national and provincial levels.
In 1998, he was included in the fourth national seal engraving art exhibition sponsored by the China Book Association.
1999 Excellence Award of the 4th Seal Engraving Appraisal Exhibition of Xiling Printing Society.
2000 Excellence Award of the 2nd International Seal Engraving Calligraphy Competition of Xiling Printing Society.
In 2002, xiling printing society's highest prize in the 3rd International Seal Engraving Calligraphy Competition was the Xiling Printing Society Award.
In 2007, the 2nd Harmony and Peace Xiling Printing Society's 2nd Cultural And Art and Leisure Exposition Art and Creativity Competition Seal Carving Excellence Award.
In 2007, he was included in the contemporary seal engraving art exhibition sponsored by the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles and the Chinese Calligraphers Association.
In 2007, the highest prize of the 2nd Hard Pen Calligraphy Competition of The Calligraphy Newspaper was the Oracle Bone Award.
Publications: "Prajnaparamita Heart Sutra Seal Engraving Atlas" (edited by Chen Hongfeng, Xiling Printing Press), "Li Lingtang Seal Engraving Collection" (Qingdao Publishing House).
The art of Chinese seal engraving is an art form unique to Chinese characters. Because it is mainly used to make seals, it is also known as seal art. As one of the essences of the country, the art of seal engraving has undergone a long process of development and formed a long tradition that is consistent and thick. Its fusion of thousands of weather in every inch, deeply loved by the literati and inkers of the past generations. Seal carving arose in the pre-Qin, flourished in the Han, declined in the Jin, lost in the Tang and Song, revived in the Ming, and flourished in the Qing. It has a history of more than 3,700 years.
The ancients said: "The work is outside the poem." "It is to emphasize the importance of realm style and ideological sentiments for artistic creation." Seal engraving is no exception, and Mr. Li Lingtang's character, experience, learning, and cultivation are "extra-Indian kung fu" that many people can hardly match. He was able to integrate his concern for reality and his thinking about life into the seal law, knife method and chapter law, adding the imprint of a new era to the seal carving art, engraving a piece of work with a distinct spirit of the times. He has made many attempts and perseverance in the field of seal engraving art, and has made positive contributions to the excellent cultural inheritance of the nation and the promotion of traditional culture and art.
This article is edited by Qing Ye