The History of Chinese Writing Sets

Jul 12, 2011 16:55

There have been no writing tools like traditional Chinese brush pen that lasts for so long time. The Chinese brush pen has been used for thousands of years and now it is still used by the artists such as calligrapher and painters. The skill of writing in ancient China was thought highly by people. In addition, the process of writing in ancient is somewhat sacred. The writing sets for Chinese is also complicated.

The Chinese writing sets also are called as the four treasures in the scholar's studio, which include brush pens, ink sticks, rice paper and Chinese ink stone.

From the ancient, people were particular about the writing sets. The quality of the writing sets, or the four treasures in the scholar's studio, can show the owner's status and level. The ancient ink stones are now kept as antiques nowadays. The traditional ink stones were made from high quality stones. Nowadays, some ancient ink stones are worth a large number of money.

The process of producing ink stones is complicated. The whole process can be divided into six steps. After the ink stones are manufactured they also need careful maintenance. Because the ancient people thought that ink stone was like creature. In some records, some ancient people use only a piece of ink stone in their whole life and the ink stone would be buried together with its owner in after days.

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