Xu Anbi is a kind of writing brush, named after it was produced in Xuanzhou. Xuanzhou, the country of origin, is located in the mountainous area of southern Anhui. Rabbit hair produced locally is the main raw material for making Xu Anbi. In the Tang Dynasty, Xuanzhou made a brush with rabbit purple hair. In the second year of Tianbao (743), it was listed as a tribute, and Xuanzhou became a national pen-making center, famous all over the world.
The production process of Xuan pen is very elaborate, and it needs to go through many steps, and each step needs the careful operation of craftsmen. First, wash and soak rabbit hair until it is soft, and then mix it with appropriate plant viscose and stir it evenly. Next, the wool is made into a pen point, and the quality of the pen point is guaranteed by boring and moistening. Finally, decorative packaging is carried out to make a complete mysterious pen.
Xu Anbi, named after being born in Xuanzhou, is one of the treasures of China traditional culture. Since ancient times, the brush has played an important role in writing and painting.
Xu Anbi, as the leader of writing brush, has inherited thousands of years of cultural heritage. Today, Xu Anbi is still deeply loved by painters and painters, and has become an important carrier of cultural exchanges at home and abroad.
The difference between Xu Anbi and Hu Bi;
1, Xu Anbi's raw materials are wolf hair, wool, chicken feathers, etc. , but mainly purple hair and moustache, that is, rabbit hair and moustache hair. Rabbit hair is divided into several grades according to its advantages and disadvantages. The poet Mei said in Xuanzhou Miscellaneous Poems: "Zhuge Miao has been here for a long time, and he can hear about his old capital. Zi Hao looks for an old rabbit, but a squirrel pulls out a long beard. " It is the purple pen that praises Zhuge.
The traditional Wei Shou method and Zhuge method are the main production techniques.
Zhuge's brushwork can be divided into three pairs of Zhuge and scattered Zhuo, which are divided into two types: A and B:
A. Use a loose pen instead of wrapping paper, and use a loose pen to write big characters, and the writing posture is not limited.
B. Write more small words with paper-wrapped pens. You can use the three-finger pen-holding method, also called the tapping method.
2. The main raw material of Hu pen is wool, and the production process is mainly based on the scattered Zhuo method, or improved by the scattered Zhuo method, and the hair is mainly scattered in the pen tube. Choose high-quality goat hair produced in Hangjiahu area (this goat eats mulberry leaves or peanuts in winter, which is high in protein, kept in captivity, tender and smooth). There are more than 40 varieties, such as fine light front, coarse light front, yellow sharp front, white sharp front and yellow cover front. It is as delicate as embroidery.
Tiger skin pays attention to the center with a pen, so it writes with five fingers or four fingers.