Speaking of the family history of pens, I'm afraid it's as long as us humans. Tracing back to the source, as early as ancient times, there was a "pen" in human life, which only used branches and sharp stones to count or mark. In slave society, people found that animal hair can absorb water, so they came up with a way to fix an animal hair on a bamboo tube to write. This is a writing brush. According to the different writing materials, it can be divided into wool, wolf hair and so on. The appearance of writing brush greatly saves recording time and is more portable and practical. How many literati used it to splash painters' various brushes, leaving masterpieces and calligraphy treasures.
After the Qing Dynasty, a new kind of pen appeared, which is a new member of the pen family. They are more than ten centimeters tall, wearing metal or plastic coats, shiny metal heads, rubber bellies and full of "ink". Pens are the darling of the pen family. Practical, beautiful, smooth, delicate and even lines are beyond the reach of other pens. With the changes of the times and the development of culture and science, pencils developed from graphite pens are developing in an economical, concise and practical direction. In addition to hardness and softness, there are rubber-tipped pencils and movable fine-core pencils, which are widely used by primary school students.
Today, the pen family suddenly prospered, and many new faces appeared, such as chalk, ballpoint pen, crayon, artistic pen, colored fountain pen and so on. All kinds of exquisite, dexterous, beautiful and practical pens are increasingly updated and widely used by people.
Pens are used more and more widely. Nowadays, pens are not only used for writing letters and taking notes. You see, girls use eyebrow pencil to draw eyebrows, and engineers use electronic pen to draw with computers.
Isn't it often said that "pen and ink are earth-shattering, and articles are earth-shattering"? I believe that with the rapid development of science, the pen family will continue to transform, update and develop, and its functions will become more and more complete, which will play a great role in human civilization.