Now there is a well-known "blind pen", also called "Meng Tian fine pen", which is the Houdian writing brush.
But in fact, the invention right of writing brush can't be attributed to Meng Tian alone.
1954, a complete set of writing tools was unearthed from an ancient tomb in Zuojiagongshan, Changsha, Hunan.
This proves that there was a so-called writing brush before Montaigne.
During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the vassals dominated.
At this time, countries have different names for writing brushes.
Wu (now Jiangsu) called Liu, Yan (now Hubei) called X (bamboo), and after Qin Shihuang unified China, they were all called "writing brush".
The brush is made of animal hair tied to the nib and glued to the tubular pen holder.
A good brush should have the characteristics of "sharp, neat, round and healthy".
"Sharp" is a sharp pen; "Qi" means neatly trimmed; "Circle" means writing in a circle; "Jian" means that the brush is elastic, the words written are sharp and X is healthy.
The most famous pens in China are Zhejiang Hubi, Henan Taicang Brush and Hebei Houdian Brush.
Lake pen is free and durable, and is known as "the skill of pen is the best in the world".
The origin of tiger skin is Shanlian Town, Xing Wu County, Zhejiang Province.
Taicang Brush is located in Taicang Village, pingle town, Jin Meng.
Taicang Village, named after the location of the ancient imperial granary, has a total population of 1 100, with Pan accounting for more than 95%.
The history of Taicang brush making is well documented, which began in Qianlong period of Qing Dynasty and reached its peak in the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China.
At that time, there were dozens of brush makers in Taicang Village, among whom Pan Youwen, Pan Yunsheng and Pan Taisheng were famous, and these names became their own names.
Xi 'an has two brush shops specializing in Taicang brushes.
Taicang brush is characterized by sharp nib, fullness and roundness, strong ink absorption, soft but not soft to use, smooth and elastic.
At that time, Taicang brush was exported to Shaanxi, Shanxi, Gansu, Inner Mongolia and other provinces (autonomous regions) and enjoyed a long-standing reputation in the northern region.
Among them, the small pen is the most famous and has become an indispensable bookkeeping tool for businesses.
Taicang brush was also favored by the official department of the Qing court and became a pen for writing daily official documents.
Most of the Mao writers in Taicang Village are Pan, and at its peak, there was a saying of "South Lake and North Pan".
China Houdian Brush is produced in Houdian Village, Hengshui City, Hebei Province. In ancient times, it was called Mengbi, also known as "Mengtian Jingbi" and "Houbi", and it was called Xiangbi in ancient times.
Houdian brush is made of excellent materials, long and hard, combining rigidity with softness, full of ink without dripping, slippery without stagnation.
Mainly produced in Houdian Village, Taocheng District, the hometown of Hengshui brush, with more than 270 varieties.
The brush-making process of Houdian is divided into more than 300 manual operations, such as basin, odd job, dry job, lettering and coloring.
Strict acceptance system is implemented in the whole process, which makes the product quality stable and reliable.
* * *, Yang Chengwu, Wang, Ji Pengfei, Fang Yi, Liu Zhijian and other national leaders visited Houdian Village and wrote inscriptions.
Famous calligraphers such as Qi Gong, Fan Ceng, Liu Bingsen, Xiao Lao, Shen Peng, Fan Ceng, Sun Mofo and the last emperor Aisingiorro Jeff splashed ink on the brush in the back hall.
Thick classic brushes are well-known at home and abroad, and are exported to 11 countries and regions such as Japan, Europe and Southeast Asia, with an annual export volume of more than 3 million.
Won the "Hundred Flowers Award" of Arts and Crafts and the National Excellent Product Certificate, as well as the Tianjin Import and Export Commodity Inspection Bureau and the Tianjin Foreign Trade Export Inspection Exemption Certificate.
Fengyun, Shuiyue, Xiaolanghao and other brushes were designated as "trustworthy inspection-free products" by Tianjin Port.
The back shop brushes attach great importance to the decoration of brushes to meet the requirements of domestic and foreign users.
Almost every household in Houdian Village makes a living by making brushes. By 1952, Houdian Brush Factory was established in the village, bidding farewell to the previous family workshop production and embarking on the road of industrialization.
In the 1980s and 1990s, when the brushes in the back shop were the most prosperous, overseas orders from Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asian countries poured in every year. "At that time, factories often had to work overtime in order to complete orders, with annual sales of several million.
Houdian brush is simple, elegant and exquisite, and it is the first choice for painters and art collectors. It is also a boutique for units or individuals to communicate and give gifts, which is deeply loved by consumers.
There are more than 200 kinds of brushes.
According to the different raw materials, it can be divided into wool quilt, double wool quilt, purple wool quilt and wolf wool quilt.
Some brushes are made of the hairs of two kinds of animals. For example, two-strand brushes are made of rabbit hair and wool. According to the ratio of two kinds of wool, purple wool is divided into "seven purple three sheep" and "five purple five sheep"
There is also a kind of purple wolf hair made of rabbit hair and weasel hair.
Purple wool is softer than purple wolf hair, and the hardness of sheep wolf hair is between the two.
Double-row brush is generally suitable for beginners to practice calligraphy.
In addition, the size of the brush is different.
The biggest one is called Hawthorn Pen, the pen holder is thicker than the bowl mouth, and it weighs dozens of pounds. Followed by buckets and banners; Then big letters, middle letters (inch letters) and small letters.
The smallest is "Guibi".
Beginners can write big characters with big characters and small characters with small characters.