Hui ink, which is known as "hard as stone, patterned as rhinoceros, and black as paint", is produced in Tunxi, Shexian, Jixi, Jingde and other places in southern Anhui. These places were under the jurisdiction of Huizhou Prefecture in ancient times. , so it is called Hui Mo.
Hui ink is dark and moist in color, does not glue when licking the paper, and does not moisten when entering the paper. It has a strong fragrance and is suitable for both writing and painting. Calligraphers and painters recognize that Hui ink "falls off paper like lacquer and remains true for thousands of years." Hui ink was first produced in our province in the late Tang Dynasty and has a history of more than a thousand years. When writing or painting with Hui ink, the ink color is still as shiny as lacquer and lasts for a long time. Since then, people have praised Hui ink as "the light of thousands of years", which is well-known at home and abroad. This is a very precious national cultural heritage of our country, passed down from generation to generation.
Hui ink includes lacquer smoke, oil smoke, whole smoke, pine smoke, net smoke, salted gum, and scented ink. High-grade lacquer smoke ink is made of tung oil smoke, musk, borneol, gold foil, pearl powder, etc. Made of dozens of precious materials. The ink color can be divided into shades and shades, it is shiny like lacquer, the grinding is silent, and the paper has strong permeability and can prevent insect infestation. Famous calligraphers and painters collaborate with skilled craftsmen to carve celebrity calligraphy and paintings on ink molds. The resulting Hui ink is both practical and ornamental, with a higher grade and has become a special handicraft. At the same time, handicrafts with shapes such as golden cicadas and golden turtles are made according to the shapes. After tracing with gold and coloring, this craft of Hui ink has become people's favorite tourist products and souvenirs, which are sold well at home and abroad.
According to the records of Huizhou Prefecture, Huizhou ink was created in the late Tang Dynasty. During the Ming Dynasty, Huizhou ink was exported to some Southeast Asian countries. During the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, Huizhou formed four major Mozhuangs: Hu Kaiwen, Cao Sugong, Wang Jinsheng and Wang Jie'an. After Cao Sugong moved to Shanghai, some other ink shops declined and went bankrupt, but Hu Kaiwen Ink Shop prospered, occupying the Hui ink market with high quality, high quality and low price, and took the lead in the Hui ink industry. The "Cang Pei Shi" Hui ink produced by Hu Kaiwen was selected as a "tribute" by the Qing Dynasty, and tribute was paid to the court every year. From then on, Hui ink had a higher reputation.