The text on the bamboo slips is written with a brush, not carved with a knife.
Writing materials from the Warring States Period to the Wei and Jin Dynasties. They are long and narrow bamboo slices (also wood slices) made by cutting them. The bamboo slices are called bamboo slips, and the wood slices are called bamboo slips or slips. They are collectively called bamboo slips. Nowadays, they are generally called bamboo slips. All written with brush and ink. The length of the scrolls in the Han Dynasty was, for example, three feet (about 67.5cm) for writing edicts and laws, two feet and four inches (about 56cm) for copying scriptures, and one foot (about 23cm) for writing letters among the people. Important discoveries have been made in Changsha, Hunan, Jingzhou, Hubei, Linyi, Shandong, and northwest regions such as Dunhuang, Juyan, Wuwei and other places. Among them, a volume of Eastern Han Dynasty documents was unearthed in Juyan.
Bamboo slips are mostly made of bamboo slips, with one line written on each slip. All the bamboo slips of an article are connected together and are called "slips". This is the earliest form of books in ancient my country. The wood pieces used for writing are called wooden tablets, and they are mostly used for writing short articles.
Bamboo slips originated in the Western Zhou Dynasty and were more widely used during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Around the 4th century AD, as paper became widely used, bamboo slips were replaced by paper manuscripts.
The most famous ones are:
1. In 279, the people of Jijun of Jin Dynasty unearthed dozens of carts of bamboo slips with written text from the tomb of King Wei Xiang during the Warring States Period. .
2. In July 1953, 42 bamboo slips were unearthed from the Yangtian Lake Tomb in Changsha, Hunan Province. The longest one is 22 centimeters and 1.2 centimeters wide. Each slip has 2-10 characters in seal script and dates back to the Warring States Period.
3. In 1957, more than 800 bamboo slips were unearthed from Chu tombs in Xinyang, Henan, and the words on the slips were still clear.
4. In 1972, bamboo slips of "Sun Tzu's Art of War" and "Sun Bin's Art of War" were discovered in Yinqueshan, Linyi, Shandong. About five thousand pieces.
5. In December 1975, more than 1,100 bamboo slips were unearthed from the Qin tomb in Shuihudi, Yunmeng, Hubei. It was from the first year of King Zhao of Qin (306 BC) to the 30th year of Qin Shihuang (217 BC).
Bamboo slips not only occupy an important position in the history of ancient culture and books, but also have an important impact on printing. In particular, the form of bamboo slips is the predecessor of scroll printing and was widely used in early woodblock printing. . Modern bamboo slips are more for collection and home use.
In 2001, Chutianlu used laser to carve bamboo slips on Nanzhu material. The fonts are timeless and clear, and the pen peaks are strong and full of charm. Its bamboo slip pen holder and bamboo slip business card holder bring bamboo slip craftsmanship to home decoration. Well done.
The ancients wrote on bamboo slips. In order to facilitate writing and prevent insect infestation, the green bamboo slips were first dried with fire, which is called greening. Later, it generally referred to writing certain works.
The words on the historical and traditional bamboo slips are not carved, but written with a brush.
But the ink is not the many kinds of ink today, but a kind of ink containing A black liquid with extremely thick glue.
It has strong adhesion and dries immediately after writing. It is not even afraid of erosion by water, mud and other substances.
At present, some Chinese bamboo slips are in Many Han tomb corridors were excavated from the soil with high water content.
Although they were pure black after being washed and nothing could be seen, after being soaked in chemicals,
The ink characters on the bamboo slips are very clear and are not carved on them.