Liu Ti Mi Zige's Brush Calligraphy Works The brush is made of animal hair tied into a nib and glued to a tubular pen holder. What should a good writing brush have? Sharp, neat, round and healthy? The characteristics of. ? Sharp? That is, the pen is sharp; ? Qi? Is neatly trimmed; ? Round? That is, the handwriting is round; ? Jane? That is, the brush is elastic, and the words written are sharp and healthy.
Liu-style brush calligraphy is famous for its easy writing and durability? Is there a wonderful hand in the world? Known as. The origin of tiger skin is Shanlian Town, Wuxing District, Huzhou City, Zhejiang Province. Located in Taicang Village, pingle town, Jin Meng, Henan? Taicang brush? . Taicang Village, named after the location of the ancient imperial granary, has a total population of 1 100, with Pan accounting for more than 95%. The history of Taicang brush making is well documented, which began in Qianlong period of Qing Dynasty and reached its peak in the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China. At that time, there were dozens of brush makers in Taicang Village, among whom Pan Youwen, Pan Yunsheng and Pan Taisheng were famous, and these names became their own names. Xi 'an has two brush shops specializing in Taicang brushes. Taicang brush is characterized by sharp nib, fullness and roundness, strong ink absorption, soft but not soft to use, smooth and elastic. At that time, Taicang brush was exported to Shaanxi, Shanxi, Gansu, Inner Mongolia and other provinces (autonomous regions) and enjoyed a long-standing reputation in the northern region. Among them, the small pen is the most famous and has become an indispensable bookkeeping tool for businesses. Taicang brush was also favored by the official department of the Qing court and became a pen for writing daily official documents. Most Mao writers in Taicang village are Pan, so there are some in their heyday? Nanhu and Beipan? Said.
How to use a writing brush The head of a writing brush is mainly composed of a nib and a pair of bristles. The so-called nib refers to a cluster of long and pointed parts in the center of the nib, and the so-called bristles refer to some short hairs wrapped around the nib. In the process of writing, pen front and assistant play different roles unscathed. Brush stroke is the most elastic place in brush stroke, which determines the direction and strength of brush stroke, so there is? The pen is the main bone? Said. However, the brushwork with bones and muscles but no flesh and blood is not beautiful, so calligraphers of all ages used not only the nib (and the nib and the sub-nib could not be completely separated) but also the sub-nib when writing. Secondary fur controls the thickness of strokes. The more secondary hairs come into contact with the paper, the fuller the strokes will be. So there is? The deputy rich is flesh and blood? Said. In the process of calligraphy, calligraphers always coordinate the use of pen tips and auxiliary pens according to their own aesthetics. People who attach importance to bones and muscles and take thinness as beauty use less hair; And those who emphasize both bones and muscles and flesh and blood, and take fullness as beauty, must use it more.
The tip of a brush can be roughly divided into three parts according to its position: the tip (leading edge), the abdomen (middle part) and the root (joint with the pen holder). Then divide the part from the pen tip to the pen belly into three equal parts, the part near the pen tip is called a branch pen, the part from the pen belly to the pen tip is called a branch pen, and the part from the middle to the pen tip is called a branch pen.
Obviously, when writing with one stroke, the strokes appear slender. For example, Chu Suiliang and Xue Ji, calligraphers in the early Tang Dynasty, often used this method. Song Huizong? Thin gold book? It is also a prominent example; Write in dichotomy, and the strokes are round and handsome. For example, Liu Gongquan in the late Tang Dynasty and Zhao Mengshun in the Yuan Dynasty used the dichotomy. Writing with a three-point pen makes the strokes look plump and vigorous. Such as Yan Zhenqing in the middle Tang Dynasty and Su Dongpo in the Song Dynasty.