Lu Yu's Biography of Huai Su Monks in the Tang Dynasty recorded: "(Huai Su) was poor and had no paper to write about, and he tasted more than 10,000 plantains in his hometown for his own use."
Huai Su, a monk in Changsha, was a great calligrapher in Tang Dynasty. I have learned a lot in my life. I buried my pen in the grave. Huai Su didn't have writing paper to practice calligraphy, so he planted plantains in the temple and practiced calligraphy with plantain leaves instead of paper. But he practiced so hard that the growth rate of banana leaves could not meet his needs. Later, Huai Su practiced calligraphy on the fresh leaves of a tree, so he had an inexhaustible writing tool.
Jade is carved with shells, retaining most of the original stone shapes, and using hollow three-dimensional carving techniques, the carved lines are clear and delicate, and the shapes are vivid. The materials used in the works are exquisite, and the natural colors and pretty colors are skillfully used, which shows the exquisiteness of jade and the beauty of Huai Su to the maximum extent.
"Carving Huai Su" is a banana-shaped book with huge banana leaves beside it. Banana veins are clearly visible. Huai Su wears plain clothes and writes with his right hand. He has a handsome face and a serious and dedicated expression, which shows everyone's humanistic spirit and social spirit.
Today's three-year-old children will shake their heads and recite: "Jade is rough." These short and pithy jingles contain countless bitterness of jade sculptors. Jade becomes jade, which needs to be polished day and night. How similar jade carving is to Huai Su Shujiao!
In order to practice calligraphy, Huai Su overcame all tangible and intangible hardships. His "ingenious" pursuit and persistent "ascetic" spirit are also the foundation of every jade sculptor.