1. The material selection of the brush is based on the purpose. Advanced pens are more refined in the selection of the same material.
2. Classification according to use:
(1) Goat wool: Made of goat hair, it is a popular product. Among them, old sheep hair has been stored for many years, and the fat has dried out and is easy to be inked; old sheep hair is somewhat rigid; young hair hair is fine and has a transparent tip; clean sheep hair has no impurities and is soft in nature.
(2) Purple hair: Made from the black tips on the back of mountain rabbits, the hair is relatively stiff and suitable for writing running and cursive scripts.
(3) Wolf hair: Made of weasel tail hair, its rigidity is slightly worse than rabbit hair.
(4) Rat-whisker pen: Made of domestic rat whiskers, the pen is pure, smooth and sharp, and the written characters are soft and strong.
(5) Chicken halo pen: Made of chicken breast feathers, it is quite soft and difficult for beginners to master calligraphy, so it should not be used.
(6) Pig bristle pen: processed and steamed from pig bristle, used for writing large plaques.
(7) Jianhao: made by blending different animal hairs in different proportions. Writing can be both hard and soft. For example, purple hair and sheep hair are combined. The more purple hair, the harder it is, and vice versa. When purchasing, it can be determined according to the different requirements of the calligrapher.
3. Examples of differences between advantages and disadvantages: Take the Chinese royal brush "He Lianqing" as an example. His soft sheep hair "Wandering in the World" and hard purple hair "Iron Painting Yingou" are considered to be the best among the brushes. The Huying purple hair used to make the pen tip is completely collected from Hu sheep, a specialty of the south of the Yangtze River, and the old rabbit on the Jiangnan stone. Choose one from thousands of hairs, choose the best from the best, and it is more precious than red gold, and every hair is rare.
Extended information:
1. Use of brush
(1) Open the brush
Use warm water to fully open the tip of the new brush or use your fingers Rub the hair out little by little from the top of the pen. Before you can fully grasp the strength of the good luck pen or when the quality of the brush is not satisfactory, open the pen to at least one-half of the pen length, because writing Chinese characters does not require opening the pen to two-thirds of the pen length, and this can Increase the smoothness of writing to a certain extent.
(2) Moisturize the pen
Before using the pen again, you need to soak the pen with clean water, and then hang the pen upside down for dozens of minutes to restore the pen tip's toughness.
(3) Filling the pen with ink
In order to allow the ink to penetrate into the pen, the clean water must be absorbed, and the pen can be gently dragged with absorbent paper. What should be noted is: if the pen is filled with too little ink, the pen will not be able to operate freely; if the pen is filled with too much ink, the waist of the pen will become soft and weak.
(4) Maintenance
Wash the pen immediately after use. Do not install the pen cover after washing. Absorb the remaining water and smooth it out. Hang the pen upside down in a cool place to dry or store it with a pen curtain. Do not expose the pen to the sun. Do not put it in your mouth to lick the hair; do not use it outside of writing and painting; do not use it in solvents; the pen tip cover is used to protect the pen tip during transportation. Do not put it back on once the pen is used to prevent the pen hair from rotting and hair loss. .
2. Famous brushes: Henan "Wanxiang brush", Longxu tribute brush, Shanlian brush and Jingxian Xuan brush.
Reference materials:
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