Shanlian Lake Pen [Zhejiang Anji Specialty]

What is Shanlian Lake Pen? Authentic Zhejiang Anji specialty: Shanlian Lake Pen

Summary:Do you want to know what Shanlian Lake Pen is? This article is a detailed introduction to the special product ofZhejiang Anji - Shanlian Lake Pen. It was compiled and edited by the editorial team of China Specialty Network after reviewing and collecting relevant information about Shanlian Lake Pen. The full text takes about 4 minutes to read, mainly including the basic introduction of Shanlian Lake Pen and the product characteristics of Shanlian Lake Pen? How did the history of the Shanlian Lake pen come about? The production method of Shanlian Lake Pen, etc

Basic Introduction of Shanlian Lake Pen

Shanlian Lake Pen is a traditional Chinese calligraphy and painting craft with a long history and exquisite craftsmanship, known as "Mao Ying's skills are the best in the world". The Four Treasures of the Study (Hu Pen, Hui Ink, Duan Inkstone, and Xuan Paper are the top grade of the Four Treasures of the Study), with the pen ranking first. The Chinese brush is an unparalleled writing tool in the world. The Hu pen is known as the "crown of pens" due to "Mao Ying's unparalleled skills" and "the value of purple hair is as precious as gold"

The selection of materials for the Hu pen is exquisite, and the production is superb, with four major characteristics of "sharp, neat, round, and healthy", known as the "crown of pen excellence". Hu brush can be roughly divided into four categories: sheep brush, purple brush, wolf brush, and double brush. At present, there are over 280 varieties of lake pens. The "Shuangyang Brand" lake pens produced by Shanlian Lake Pen Factory are highly favored by political and literary celebrities for their unique craftsmanship and elegant taste

Shanlian's famous pen is often recorded in ancient books. The "Annals of Huzhou Prefecture" written during the reign of Emperor Xiaozong of the Ming Dynasty recorded: "Writing was done in Huzhou, and the craftsmen worked all over the sea. The pen makers were all from the lake, and the place name was Shanlian Village. There is Hanshan in the village, and the mountains are covered with floating beasts, which are as outstanding as pens."

Here, people regard Meng Tian as the ancestor of writing. It is said that in terms of brush making techniques, rabbit hair was used during the Warring States period, and the tip of the brush was tied outside the handle. Since the Qin Dynasty, pen hair has been incorporated into bamboo tubes, and improvements have been made in the materials used to make pens. While using rabbit hair, a large amount of deer hair and wool with different hardness were also used to make pen heads, making them both rigid and soft, and easy to write. It is said that this improvement was pioneered by Meng Tian

The production method of Shanlian Lake Pen

The production process of Shanlian Lake Pen is fine and complex. From material selection to finished product, it needs to go through more than 120 processes, which are generally divided into two parts: basin making and dry farming. The water basin workers and pen workers each stand by a water source, putting millions of hairs into the water, refining and refining them, and then classifying them according to the length and sharpness of the pen tip, which is called "neat hairs". Afterwards, they remove the broken, non sharp, curved but not straight, flat but not round miscellaneous hairs from them, and then "shape" the pen tip according to the softness and hardness of the hairs to make semi-finished products; Dryland workers need to go through processes such as tying the head, installing pens, selecting pens, engraving characters, etc., and finally produce finished products. The process of selecting a pen is a difficult one. The penmaker holds the pen in their left hand and uses a small knife in their right hand to trim the tip of the pen, removing any bad hair or impurities on the surface, and making the pen smooth and rounded, meeting the requirements of a neat, round, and healthy pen tip