Ink is now very common in our daily lives. It can be used when we write calligraphy and pen calligraphy. Do you know which country first invented ink? What is its invention process? Today, the editor will briefly tell you about the history of the invention of ink and its impact on later generations.
Ink was invented by the Chinese in the second century BC. In China, when there was no water, the Egyptians also made ink. In ancient times, the Chinese and Egyptians used oil fumes and water from oil lamps. The gels were mixed to create ink, the world's first ink. But the ink at that time was easy to settle when dipped in water, causing the ink to shake. It was not level, and it was very inconvenient to write, and the handwriting was not particularly clear. Then in 1834, Stephens of England began to produce writing ink in England, but it took 15 years before mass production began. In the 1860s, the British and Germans invented artificial ink dyes. , the invention of ink promoted the development of world culture.
The real large-scale spread of ink began in India. It spread from India to the world. At that time, they also used burnt bone pitch to make it, similar to the ink of later generations. In 1947, an Arab shepherd, who was always searching for his lost sheep, accidentally discovered a cave with many leather scrolls inside. It was the Dead Sea Scrolls that shocked the world. The tool used to record text is ink.
The main raw materials of ink are tobacco materials, glue and traditional Chinese medicine. As for the earliest inks, they used dyes made from metal walnut shells or seeds. They also used inks from fish, octopus and other aquatic animals. Due to the invention of ink, many famous ink paintings and calligraphy appeared. Ink painting is the representative of Chinese painting. It is precisely because of the invention of ink that later ink paintings and calligraphy appeared. The invention of ink allows us to better record cultural relics.