Writing calligraphy can really help people "cultivate self-cultivation", which not only helps to stabilize their emotions, but also helps to improve their physical and mental health. Because writing Chinese characters requires a high degree of mental concentration, the brain needs to coordinate the activities of muscles and internal organs of the whole body, which greatly promotes the healthy and harmonious development of people's body and mind. Copying scriptures with a brush is of great application value to stimulate and improve people's mental health.
In fact, the ancients realized the subtle relationship between handwriting and personal psychological activities in calligraphy learning very early. Yang Xiong thought that "calligraphy and mind painting are also" in the Western Han Dynasty, and expounded that handwriting produced by writing activities is a direct reflection of one's inner world, and writing activities are like abstract and intuitive electrocardiogram.
Brush origin:
As a writing tool, the brush has a very long history. As early as Neolithic painted pottery, there were traces of brush. Although the writing brush had not been seen before the Western Zhou Dynasty, some signs of using a pen can be found in prehistoric painted pottery patterns of Shang Dynasty and Oracle Bone Inscriptions. During the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, the brush was widely used to write bamboo slips and silk books. This shows that the brush originated before Shang Dynasty.
The earliest writing brush can be traced back to about two thousand years ago. A writing brush from the Spring and Autumn Period was found in the tomb of Zeng Houyi in Leigudun, Suizhou City, Hubei Province. It is the earliest pen found at present, and it is a precious material left over from ancient times.
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