“Meditation for Art, NPH” Description of the Survey

Part I: Learning Experience with calligraphy

1. Distribution of my age group?

     A total of 233 questionnaires were issued in Changhua County. Since 49% of respondents are high school, middle school, and primary school students, the analysis may only be used as a reference for calligraphy education in Changhua County.

2.My learning experience with calligraphy? [May select more than one] 

     14% of respondents have never learned calligraphy, so learning calligraphy in Taiwan is common. Mostly, it was learned in school classes (55%).

3.My time spent in calligraphy weekly?

     34% of respondents spend one to two hours in calligraphy per week, which shows the ration of people who spend extra time in calligraphy is very low.

4.I can tell the difference between seal, official, cursive, running, and regular script works.

     66% of respondents can tell the difference between seal, official, cursive, running, and regular script works.

5.Am I interested in learning calligraphy?

     
     73% of respondents are interested in learning calligraphy. The number of middle school students that like learning calligraphy is pretty even with the number of students that dislike it.

6.Factors that affect my willingness to learn calligraphy? [May select more than one]

     47% of respondents learn calligraphy due to their interest in traditional culture.

7.My opinion regarding whether the middle school and primary school students need to learn calligraphy?

     7% of respondents think that the primary school students do not need to learn calligraphy; however, almost half of the middle school students have no interest in learning calligraphy, which is very strange.

8.How do I determine whether the middle school or primary school students need to learn calligraphy? [May choose more than one] 

     
     58% of respondents think that learning calligraphy can help middle school and primary school students improve behavior; 49% of respondents think it helps improve learning; and, 48% of respondents think it helps promote Chinese culture.

Part 2: Knowing NPH

• 44% of respondents know that Changhua Country was originally named Hengxi.
  

• 81% of respondents do not know when NPH was established.
  

•  68% of respondents cannot tell more than two members’ names.
  

• 52% of respondents have never seen the works of NPH.
  

• 55% of respondents do not know that the odd of NPH is to express the pure and natural mood of the artists.
  
  

• 44% of respondents do not like the style that NPH uses different ways to convey life stories.
  

• 89% of respondents think that there is a sense of boldness, freedom, and ease in Chuang Hung-liang’s work.
  

• 87% of respondents think that Liu Chih-hsin’s seal work looks concise, fluent, and rich.
  

•  91% of respondents think that Huang Jung-sen’s work looks like spring rain but very vivid.
  

• 93% of respondents think that the structure and changes of the lines in Chuang Lie-peng’s work look very special.
  

• 79% of respondents think that the font of Chang Pei-yuan’s work looks simple and beautiful.
  

• 84% of respondents think that the style of Hsu Chin-fa’s work looks unique.