Brush calligraphy pays attention to "the pen refers to the palm, and the five fingers are Qi Li; The pen carrying center is unfolded; Stippling is the same as a pen; The structure is shaped by words and echoes each other; The distribution is intricate, the density is suitable, the virtual and the real are born together, and the whole chapter is full of tolerance. "
The word "Nian" was first seen in Oracle Bone Inscriptions, Yin Ruins. Oracle Bone Inscriptions's glyph is "He", and below it is "Man". The whole looks like a person carrying the harvested grain, which means a bumper harvest, and "person" is also a sound.
Oracle Bone Inscriptions often says "pray for the year" and "accept the year", which means to pray for a bumper harvest of crops. Because in the Shang dynasty, crops were planted once a year and harvested only once a year, the "year" was also extended to the time unit, that is, 12 months. There are some sayings in Oracle Bone Inscriptions, such as "seven years" and "five years".
What kinds of brushes are there?
The classification of brushes mainly depends on the size, as well as the type, source and shape of bristles.
According to the written materials, it can be divided into: tire brush, wolf brush (wolf hair), rabbit shoulder purple brush (purple hair), deer brush, chicken brush, duck brush, wool brush, pig brush (bristle brush), mouse brush (moustache brush), tiger brush, ox ear brush, stone badger brush and so on. And rabbit hair, wool, etc.