In our country, there is a kind of "mud" that money can't buy, one or two gold and one or two mud, which is Longquan inkpad. In the field of calligraphy and Chinese painting, it is a well-known product and is known as the first mud in the world.
Longquan inkpad doesn't soak in water, burn and leave marks, it doesn't leak oil in summer, it doesn't solidify in winter, and the fragrance overflows for a long time. When Emperor Qianlong went down to the south of the Yangtze River, he found Changzhou inkpad, which was shiny and clear. If it was regarded as a treasure, it became a special inkpad for the emperor.
Longquan yinni making
1. It takes nearly six years to make a small box of Longquan ink. Longquan ink is not mixed with moxa like other inks, it is mainly made of lotus root. Only the lotus root in August is the most resilient in a year. Ten thousand kilograms of lotus roots can only take 20 ounces, and four people can only take about 1 gram of lotus roots a day.
2. In addition to lotus root silk, more than a dozen precious medicinal materials such as cinnabar, pearl powder, saffron, musk, etc. need to be added, and oil production is time-consuming and laborious. Longquan inkpad needs castor oil and needs to be dried for more than six years before it can be used to make Longquan inkpad. Oil also needs to be blended with sun-dried rapeseed oil and tea tree oil, and then the three are mixed together in a certain proportion, and after more than 30 processes such as blending, boiling and stirring, this