The origin of brushes can be traced back to the Neolithic Age. 1980 An ancient tomb dating back more than 5,000 years was excavated in Jiangzhai Village, Lintong, Shaanxi Province. Unearthed cultural relics include concave inkstones, pestles, dyes and pottery cups. From the decorative patterns of painted pottery, we can identify the traces depicted by the brush, which proves that there was a brush or a pen similar to a brush five or six thousand years ago. Pictographs of pens appeared in Oracle Bone Inscriptions in Shang Dynasty, which looked like holding a pen in hand. A bamboo brush was unearthed in Zuojiagongshan, Changsha, Hunan Province and Changtaiguan, Xinyang, Henan Province, respectively, which was the earliest brush found. The pen unearthed in Changsha, Hunan Province, has a bamboo pole of 0.4cm and a length of 18.5cm, and the nib is rabbit arrow hair and is 2.5cm long. The nib is clamped on the split bamboo pole head, wrapped with silk thread and coated with a layer of raw lacquer. Judging from the manufacturing technology of brush and the distribution area of unearthed cultural relics, brush was widely used during the Warring States Period. Just don't have a unified name. In Xu Shen's Shuo Wen Jie Zi in the Eastern Han Dynasty, it is recorded that "Chu refers to Yu, Wu refers to incorrect, Yan refers to strokes" and "Qin refers to pens, from Yu to Zhu". There is a legend that Meng Tian made pens in the Qin Dynasty. Meng Chuan chose rabbit hair and bamboo control pens. The method of making a pen is to hollow out one end of the pen holder into a hair cavity, and the hair of the pen tip is stuffed in the cavity. There is also a protective bamboo sleeve on the brush, and both sides of the bamboo sleeve are hollowed out to facilitate holding the pen. After Montessori made a pen, it was collectively called a pen, so it has one of its most famous brushes, namely "Meng Pen", also known as "Meng Tian Jing Pen" and "Monkey Pen". The back pen is the writing brush of the back hall, which was called "elephant pen" in ancient times. The pen holder is long and hard, combining rigidity with softness, full of ink, smooth and not stagnant. According to historical records, from 22 1 BC to 207 BC, Meng Tian led 300,000 troops to stick to the northern frontier of Qin Dynasty and passed through Houdian. On March 3rd, he began to write letters with rabbit hair bamboo tubes as pens, and then presented the brushes to Houdian people. Later, Houdian people copied "Meng Tian's fine pen". In the Tang Dynasty, Li, a brush artist from Houdian Village, opened a pen shop in Beijing, and a eunuch who loved calligraphy became his own brother. He often bought his own brush in the palace, which was appreciated by the emperor, so Houdian brush became famous all over the world and was regarded as a royal product. Therefore, on March 3rd every year, pen makers in Houdian area will set off firecrackers and hold a banquet to commemorate Meng Tian, the founder of writing brush. The local pen-making industry flourished during the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty, with a history of more than 500 years. This pen is well known. During the Guangxu period, it was also regarded as a royal use because of its exquisite craftsmanship. Emperor Guangxu erected a monument in recognition of it and called it "Imperial Pen". In the early Republic of China, Panama Games won a medal, so Houdian Village in Hengshui was called "Holy Land of Writing Brush" and "Hometown of Writing in the North". The writing brush in the back hall, the inner painting and the palace goldfish are also called "three wonders of balance".
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