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Top Ten Famous Pens in China
China's top ten famous pens are Xuanbi, Hu Bi, Qi Bi, Hou Bi, Wen Bi, Xiang Bi, Chuan Bi, Taicang Bi, Ruyang Liu Bi and Bi Bi.

Xu Anbi 1

Xu Anbi is one of the four famous pens in China, which was produced in Jingxian County, Xuancheng City, Anhui Province. From the Qin Dynasty to the Tang and Song Dynasties, pens were mainly produced in Xuancheng, and were listed as "tributes" together with Xuan paper for a long time. Xuanbi has always been famous for its strict selection of materials and meticulous workmanship. Making a Xuan pen requires more than ten processes and more than 70 operating procedures. In 2008, Xuan Pen-making skill was listed in the national intangible cultural heritage list, which is another learning treasure selected in the national intangible cultural heritage list after Xuan Paper-making skill.

2. Lake Peninsula

Hu Bi, produced in Shanlian Town, Nanxun District, Huzhou City, Zhejiang Province, is one of the four famous pens in China. Since the Yuan Dynasty, Hu Pen has gradually replaced Xu Anbi as the most famous writing brush in China. Lake brush is exquisite in material selection, fine in technology and wide in variety, ranging from coarse bowls to fine embroidered needles, with four characteristics: sharp, neat, round and healthy.

3, neat pen

Qibi originated in the northeast suburb of Linzi, the ancient capital of Qi State (now Guangrao County, Dongying, Shandong Province), and it is also known as the four famous pens of China with Zhejiang Hubi, Anhui Xu Anbi and Hebei Bi Heng. Qibi has a long history, as early as 2000 years ago, it had the reputation of "Qiguo Bixiang". The selection of neat strokes is rigorous and exquisite. From material selection to writing, there are many processes such as dipping, drawing, combing, merging, picking and so on 150. Now Qibi has gone abroad and exported to Southeast Asia, making a positive contribution to the art of calligraphy and the inheritance of Chinese civilization.

Step 4 wait for a pen

Houbi is produced in Houdian Village, Hengshui City, Hebei Province. According to legend, it was made by Meng Tian, a general in Qin Dynasty, also known as "Meng Bi" and "Hengshui Brush". Together with Xuan Pen, Tiger Pen and Qi Pen, they are called the four famous pens in China. Houdian brush originated in Yongle period of Ming Dynasty and has a history of more than 500 years. The brushes made in the back shop are very famous. During the Guangxu period, it was also regarded as a royal use because of its exquisite craftsmanship. Emperor Guangxu erected a monument in recognition and called it a "royal pen"; In the early years of the Republic of China, Panama won a medal, so Houdian Village in Hengshui was also called "Holy Land of Writing Brush" and "Hometown of Writing in the Northland".

5. Writing style

The brushwork, namely the writing brush produced in Jinxian Wengang, Jiangxi Province, is one of the top ten famous pens in China. Its production technology is as many as 120, and its writing style is famous for its four virtues of "sharp, even, round and healthy". According to historical records, Guo Jie and Zhu Xing, rangers in Xianyang, Qin Dynasty, taught writing and writing skills. In the mid-Ming Dynasty, Wengang brush began to go out of Jiangxi and became the imperial pen of the court. In the Qing Dynasty, the development of Wengang brush began to accelerate, and the establishment of Zhou Huchen's Bizhuang and Zou Ziguang's Bizhuang pushed Wengang brush to a climax.

6. Elephant trunk

Elephant trunk is a famous brush in ancient China, which originated in the Tang Dynasty, rose in the late Yuan and early Ming Dynasties, and kept pace with Hubi in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The main producing area of pen making in Hunan is Changsha, and the history of pen making can be traced back to Chenzhou in Tang Dynasty. Its main feature is that the writing method adopts miscellaneous binding technology, that is, different pens are not layered, but mixed with each other to achieve the effect of combining rigidity with softness, forming a major school of pen-making technology, among which pen-making pens and double brush are more famous.

7. Chuanbi

Chuan Bi, also known as Shu Bi and Zhong Shuchuan Bi, together with Mo Chuan, Jiajiang Xuan Paper and Suoque inkstone, is also called Sichuan Four Treasures of the Study, which is a traditional famous pen in China. Chuanbi is mainly produced in Chengdu, Nanba, Leshan, Nanchong, Xuyong, Mianyang and other places, and the production techniques are "concurrently, integrally, suddenly, properly, teased, clear, sticky and engraved". As one of the outstanding representatives of traditional folk handicrafts in Sichuan, Chuanbi rose in the Qing Dynasty, spread to this day, and is still favored by many painters and painters.

8. Taicang brush

Taicang brush is produced in Mengjin County, Luoyang City, Henan Province. It is well documented that it began in the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty and reached its peak in the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China. With a history of more than 300 years, it is a very famous brush in China. Taicang brush is most famous for its small print pen. At its most glorious time, it was used as an office pen in the official department of the imperial court, and was also widely used by businessmen for bookkeeping. Because the makers of Taicang brush are mostly Pan, it is called "South Lake and North Pan".

9. Ruyang Liu Brush

Ruyang Liu Brush is produced in Liucun Village, Ruyang, Sundian Town, Xiangcheng City, Henan Province. According to Xiangcheng county records, it has a history of more than 2000 years, so Ruyang Liucun is known as "the hometown of writing brushes" and "the hometown of wonderful pens". The finished product of Ruyang Liu brush should have the "four virtues" of sharp, round, even and healthy, with moderate hardness; Its external decoration, especially the decoration of the pen holder, is very particular. According to the shape of the pen and the requirements of high, medium and low grade, it is beautiful and generous.

10, pick a brush

Luoda brush is produced in Luoda Village, Binyang County, Nanning, Guangxi. It has been circulated for more than 300 years, and its production skills have been included in the intangible cultural heritage list of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. The manufacturing process of pick brush is complex, which is mainly divided into four processes: basin, pen repair, lettering and suit. Each process is subdivided, and there are hundreds of processes.

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