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scrubbing brush
The bristles of hard bristle pens are elastic, such as rabbit hair, wolf hair, deer hair, rat beard, stone badger hair, mountain horse hair and mane.
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Rabbit brush
Rabbit hair brush has a long history, and the Warring States pen unearthed in Changsha is made of rabbit hair. It is made by splitting one end of the pen into several sections, inserting the nib, and then tying it tightly with silk thread. Rabbit hair is divided into purple hair and gray hair. Purple hair is made from the hair on the rabbit's back (also called arrow hair) and the hair on its tail. It is soft and healthy. Gray is better than purple.
2. Wolf Brush
The wolf here is not a wolf in the zoo, but a weasel. The pen made of the hair on the weasel's body and tail is slightly softer than the rabbit's brush and harder than the wool pen, but it is brittle and not resistant to friction.
3. moustache pen
The moustache pen is made of mouse's beard and has strong performance. According to legend, Wang Xizhi of the Eastern Jin Dynasty wrote Preface to Lanting with a moustache.
Other hard pens, such as mountain horse brush, stone badger brush, bristle brush, etc. , are particularly hard, it is not easy for beginners to choose.
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Soft brush
Soft hair brushes are less elastic and softer. Generally made of wool, chicken feathers, fetal hair and other soft hairs.
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Brush made of goat hair
Wool pen is made of goat hair, which is softer than purple brush. Because wool is thinner and longer, it is suitable for writing big characters and broken characters.
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Chicken feather brush
The feather brush is made of the hair on the cock's chest, and its performance is softer than wool.
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Fetal hair brush
Fetal hair is the hair of newborn babies, and its performance is extremely soft. Xiao Ziyun in the Southern Dynasties (487-549) used fetal hair brushes, which shows that it has a long history.
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Double-ended brush
"Double brush", as the name implies, means to have both. That is to say, hard hair is the core, soft hair is the periphery, and the brushwork is between hard hair and soft hair. Generally, the production ratio of purple wool and sheep wool is different. The scores are "three purple and seven sheep", "seven purple and three sheep" and "five purple and five sheep". There are also brushes made of wool and wolf Mao Shuang, which are divided into "little white cloud", "Zhong Baiyun" and "Da Baiyun" according to their sizes. There are also bristles added to the big wool barrel pen to enhance its elasticity.