汉字是记录汉语的符号系统。人类一切文明成果都是用一定符号记载下来才得以生生不息地延续和传播的。汉字是中国文化的载体,具有记载知识、传递交流信息的重要作用;同时汉字与书法艺术结合在一起,就将其本能作用延伸到了审美领域。苍颉创造汉字,最先是以符号表达传递一定的字 Chinese characters are the symbol system for recording Chinese. All the fruits of civilization of mankind are recorded with certain symbols before they can be continuously extended and disseminated. Chinese characters are the carrier of Chinese culture, and have an important role of recording knowledge and transmitting information. At the same time, the combination of Chinese characters and calligraphy art extends their instinctive functions to aesthetic fields. Cang Jie create Chinese characters, the first is to convey a certain word symbolic expression