What is the arm rest for when you see a cultural relic |?

During the Ming and Qing dynasties, the production of stationery supplies reached its peak, and all kinds of stationery utensils were readily available, and the arm rest was one of them. China's ancient writing habits are from right to left, in order to prevent the arm from staining ink, the literati invented this pillow arm tool, when writing with it to rest the arm, in addition to being able to prevent ink stains on the sleeves, but also make the wrist feel very comfortable, especially when copying small fonts.

In ancient times, there were many utensils in the literati's study, such as water, paperweight, pen holder, ink bed, stone drops, printing boxes, seals, incense burners, pen holders, etc., which belonged to the desk office supplies. Arm rest is one of the many stationery supplies, not a necessity in the study room, but a luxury. Not every literati had a rest on his arm, only those who had fun and financial means would use and collect it.

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There are many materials for the arm rest, including bamboo, boxwood, rosewood, purple sand, mahogany, ivory and other materials, of which bamboo is mostly made of bamboo, generally using the bamboo tube after the knot, splitting it into three pieces, and then engraving on the raised bamboo surface.

Due to the various benefits of the arm rest, the literati were extremely fond of the arm rest, no matter what the material, the arm rest was usually carved with rich patterns, and most of them used shallow flat carving. Its content is rich, such as engraving calligraphy and paintings for appreciation, engraving mottos as police policies, and publishing gifts from close friends and relatives as souvenirs.

Editor-in-charge: Wu Min