Shan Lian Hu bi

Four Treasures of the Study (Hu Bi, Hui Mo, Duan Yan and Xuan Paper are the best in Four Treasures of the Study), and the pen ranks first. China's brush is a unique writing tool. Hu Bi is known as the "crown of the pen" because "Mao Ying's skill is the best in the world" and "the price of purple cents is as expensive as gold". Shanlian Ancient Town, located at the junction of Wuzhen, Nanxun and Xinshi, three ancient water towns in northern Zhejiang, is known as "the pen capital" and "the holy land of silkworm flowers". According to the local records of Jiahu, in the early Qing Dynasty, there were thousands to thousands of households in Shanlian, with merchants and shops, which were very prosperous. For thousands of years, almost every family in Shanlian has been a pen maker, and every family can make pens. So far, there are still many "Hu Bi Family". During the Han, Jin, Sui, Tang and Song Dynasties, Hu Pen was developed. By the Yuan Dynasty, Hu Bi, which was characterized by long front and fine hair, had become the top pen maker in China. In the Ming Dynasty, there was such a record in Huzhou Fuzhi: "Huzhou is famous for its pens and works all over the world. The author is a Laker, and its place name is Shanlian Village." During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Huzhou was the national pen-making center, and generations of pen-making masters not only raised the technological level of lake pens to an unprecedented height, but also raised the cultural level of the whole south of the Yangtze River to an unprecedented height. Shanlian Lake Pen is a trademark of geographical indication.
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