Brick platform
Pen and paper
Although the Yantai is at the end
But
Paper is easy to gray, pen is fragile, ink is fragile
Wei Yan is strong and has been passed down for thousands of years
Tang Geng's "Preface to the Ancient Yan Inscription" said:
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Yan and pen and ink provenance are similar, and Dushou Tian is not close to each other. The life of the pen is counted in days, the life of ink is counted in the month, and the life of Yan is counted in the world.
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Song Dynasty Su Yijian 'Four Spectra of The Literary Room' Yun:
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The four treasures are headed, pen and ink and paper, can be collected at any time, can be with the lifelong, but the stone.
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In the Song Dynasty, Cai Xiang called She yan a Heshi Bi:
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The jade is pure and rational, and the sharp edges are all silent; just like wen Dao, he still holds it, and is willing to ask the Qin people for fifteen cities.
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Qing Old Pit Dragon Pattern Live Eye End Yan
Literati have stones, and Judas have mirrors
The most blind date in my life
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Historical development
Yan has a long history in the mainland, and liu xi in the Han Dynasty wrote in the "Interpretation of Names" explained: "Yan is also a yan, and can study ink and make and fu ye". It evolved from the grinders of primitive society.
The early stone, in its primitive form, was ground into ink by pressing an ink ball on a stone tool that was ground flat on one side.
By the time of the Han Dynasty, carvings appeared on the stone, with stone covers and feet underneath.
Lacquer box stone stone Western Han Dynasty
From Wei Jin to Sui, round porcelain stones appeared, consisting of three legs and many feet.
Ji-shaped brick is a common brick type in the Tang Dynasty, resembling a dustpan, with one end of the stone landing on the ground and one end supported by feet. During the Tang and Song dynasties, the shape of the Yantai was more diverse.
Sheshi Gufeng Chi Yan Tang
Yantai went through the Qin and Han Dynasties, Wei and Jin, and from the Tang Dynasty onwards, stone materials suitable for making stones were found in various places, and the production of yantais based on stones began.
Up to now, there are four main famous stones, namely Chengniyan in Xindi County, Shanxi, Duanyan in Zhaoqing City, Guangdong, Sheyan in Shexian County, Anhui, and TaoheYan in Taozhou, Gansu.
Duanshi qin-shaped Yantai Northern Song Dynasty
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The Four Great Stones
Clay bricks
Chengni Yan was first produced in Daizhou, Shanxi, which was conceived in the Han Dynasty, flourished in the Tang Dynasty, flourished in the Song Dynasty, and reached pure fire in the Ming Dynasty, ranking among the four famous Yantai in China.
Since the Middle Tang Dynasty, it has been a tribute throughout the ages and occupies an important position in the history of China's Yantai.
Late Qing style semi-relief eight immortals across the sea cheng mud brick
The quality of the clay brick can be seen from the color and spots:
The yellow color of eel is the best, the green head is greener; the loess has spots, called sand spots, the larger ones are called watercress sand, the small ones are called mung bean sand, and the general size spots are superior, which is very suitable for falling ink.
Cheng mud stone is not a stone stone, is a stone made of sand and mud, texture tile, belongs to a kind of ceramic stone, not stone stone. In modern times, its production areas are Luoyang in Henan, Julu in Hebei, Qingzhou in Shandong, Surabaya in Shandong, Xindi County in Shanxi, Ezhou in Hubei, Tongzhou in Sichuan and Baoshan in Jiangsu.
Clear rectangular clear mud brick
Duan Yan
Duanyan is produced in Duanxi, in the eastern suburbs of Zhaoqing, Guangdong, and is known as the "first of the group". It not only has the characteristics of "light weight, rigid and soft, lonely and soundless to the touch, according to the skin of children, soft and tender and not slippery", but also has the advantages of "beautiful face, hehe breath research ink, ink does not damage the pen".
Since its advent in the Tang Dynasty, it has been favored by literati scholars. And together with the lake pen, emblem ink, rice paper and known as the chinese literary treasure.
Qing Three Lions Play Ball End Yan
Common stones are fish brain jelly, swinging blue flowers, banana leaf white, azure blue, jadeite, Venus point, water pattern, money line and stone eye and so on. Its production process is very hard, from exploration, excavation, transportation, material selection, carving, polishing, washing to boxing, the process is numerous and meticulous.
Clear both sides of the end of the stone
She
Sheyan is produced in Shezhou between the Huangshan Mountains and Tianmu Mountain and Baiji Mountain in Anhui, including Shexian County, Xiuning, Qimen, Yixian and Wuyuan counties. Among them, the stream under longwei mountain (ribbed mountain) at the junction of Wuyuan and Shexian is the best, so sheyan is also known as longwei yan.
It is characterized by color like blue clouds, sound like golden stone, warm as jade, and ink and mountains. Its stone is firm and moist, caressing it like a muscle, sharpening it, leaving a pen in astringent water, smooth and not rejecting ink, ink is small and easy to dry, and polyester is clean.
Qing Qianlong Imperial Ming Wind Glyph Sheyan
The carving art of Sheyan is influenced by Huizhou brick carving and wood carving, and has a unique artistic style, with simple shape and generous and symmetrical proportions. Since the Tang Dynasty, it has maintained its status as a famous yan.
QingQianlong Imperial inscription poetry tic-tac-toe shape 歙砚
Taohe Yan
Produced in the southwest of Gansu Province, Taoyan Township, the bottom of the Tao River, the color is dark green, after grinding can see the yellow water pattern, like a wave like a cloud.
Since the tang dynasty became famous, the old pit Tao Yan has always been possessed by the royal family and rich merchants.
Ming Lan Ting Ya Ji Tao River green stone stone
For example, Zhao Xihu of the Song Dynasty said: "In addition to the duan and she two stones, only the green stone of the Tao River is the most valuable in the north." Green as blue, moist as jade, ink does not reduce the end of the creek under the rock. However, the stone is at the bottom of the deep water of the great river, not caused by manpower, and it is a priceless treasure."
It has the advantages of fine stone, texture such as silk, beautiful color, fine ink, durable, long-lasting water storage, rich moisturizing color, sharp pen and so on.
Dragon phoenix unicorn turtle Tao River Yan Cup
The pen and ink are heavy, and the pines are raining a little
The fan leaves waved, and the washing pool lay in the legend
One side of the brick platform
It's not just ink
It is also the feeling that the literati cannot open