Xiao Yin Literature Museum Exhibits Story 8
Xiao Yin's collection of Cao Sugong and Wang Jinsheng's "Tibetan Smoke" ancient ink (Part 1)
- What is the hidden smoke?
Chen Jiaji
Heyuan Xiaoyin Literature Museum collects the "Tibetan Smoke" ancient ink that Xiao Yin once collected
Xiao Yin loves calligraphy, and in addition to his own handwriting posters (see the article "Xiao Yin Literature Museum Exhibits Story 4: Calligraphy-loving Xiao Yin's handwritten posters"), he also collected a box of ancient ink. This box of ancient ink has a total of four ink ingots, which are packed in a box with the word "hidden smoke" on it.
After Xiao Yin's death, his family donated this box of ancient ink, together with Xiao Yin's other works, letters, notes, manuscript materials, stationery, and daily necessities, to Xiao Yin's hometown of Heyuan free of charge, and became an exhibit of Xiao Yin's Literature Museum in the Heyuan Library.
The obverse text of the ancient ink ingots once collected by Xiao Yin is exhibited in the Xiao Yin Literature Museum
The Xiao Yin Literature Museum exhibits the reverse patterns and characters of the ancient ink ingots that Xiao Yin once collected
People who love calligraphy know, as "Tiangong Kaiwu" said: "Where ink, smoke is burned and condensed." "Here we are talking about the method of making ink." "Burning smoke" refers to the burning of wood or oil. to obtain carbon black. It is mixed in a certain proportion of carbon black, glue and water, formed in a mold, and becomes an ink ingot after drying.
The famous ancient ink is all smoke ink, and there are words and patterns on both sides of the ink ingot, in addition to practical value, there is also collection value. Perhaps this is the name of The Ancient Ink being given the name "Hidden Smoke".
Here are a few pictures of Tibetan and antique tibetan cigarettes on the Internet for reference: