Brush is a traditional writing tool which originated in China. Known as jade tube and jade tube, it is listed as one of Four Treasures of the Study in China. The writing brush was invented by the Han nationality in production practice. With the continuous development of human society, the industrious and intelligent Han nationality constantly sums up experience, preserves the essence, abandons the dross and dares to explore and innovate. For thousands of years, it has made outstanding contributions to creating the splendid culture of the Han nationality and promoting the cultural exchanges between the Han nationality and all ethnic groups in the world. At first, the brush was made of rabbit hair, and later it was made of sheep, ferrets, wolves, chickens, rats and other animals. The pen tube is made of bamboo or other materials. The head is round and pointed, which is used for traditional writing and painting. Brush is a treasure provided by the Han nationality to the world art treasure house with a long history.
Brush is a unique writing and painting tool, which has a feather writing style different from that of ancient China and western countries. Although pencils, ballpoint pens, pens, etc. In today's world, the writing brush is irreplaceable. It is said that the writing brush was created by Meng Tian, so Houdian, Hengshui City, Hebei Province and Shanlian County, Huzhou City, Zhejiang Province, which are so far known as the hometown of writing brushes, celebrated the creation of writing brushes by drinking on the third day of the third lunar month to commemorate Meng Tian, just like the New Year in China. Since the Yuan Dynasty, the "Hu Bi" produced in Shanlian Town, Huzhou City, Zhejiang Province has become the most famous brush variety in China with its characteristics of "sharp, neat, round and healthy". Brush has different names in past dynasties. 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 it "illegal" and Chu (now Hubei) called it "bamboo". After Qin Shihuang unified China, they were all called "writing brushes". Bai Juyi called the pen a "millicone", and the poem "Send Micro" said: "The eyes are like the tip of a cone."
The brush used today is said to have been initiated by Meng Tian, a general who supervised the construction of the Great Wall in Wan Li in the Qin Dynasty. However, the invention right of the brush can not be attributed to Meng Tian alone.
1954, a complete set of writing tools was unearthed in a prehistoric tomb in Zuojiagongshan, Changsha, Hunan. This proves that there was a so-called writing brush before Montaigne.
According to the study of Yin Ruins, people in China mainly wrote with brush more than 3000 years ago. Although we can see Oracle Bone Inscriptions today, there are sufficient data to show that the daily writing in Shang Dynasty is not' writing with a knife and pencil', but the same as that written on bamboo slips or wood chips after Qin and Han Dynasties. The daily writing of Shang people was calligraphy. Unfortunately, because written materials and calligraphy can't be preserved for a long time, only Oracle Bone Inscriptions, carved on a hard Oracle bone, survived and witnessed the existence of Shang Dynasty.