Sinicization of Arabian Calligraphy and Its Influencing Factors

Arab culture has been introduced into China for nearly 1,000 years. Since its introduction, it has been continuously integrated with Chinese culture and has bred a series of cultural and artistic phenomena with Chinese characteristics and strong Arab-Islamic color. Among them, Chinese Arabian calligraphic is a classic and also a model of Islamism Sinicization. This paper introduces the origin of Arabian calligraphy, its main fonts and main forms of its sinicization. On this basis, three main cultural factors that affect Arabian calligraphy were discussed, providing some thoughts for exploring and studying Arabian calligraphy in China.