Lake pen making technique

The name of China's national intangible cultural heritage: Hubi making skills

Applicant: Huzhou City, Zhejiang Province

Item No.: 422

Project No.: VIII - 72

Time of publication: 2006 (the first batch)

Category: traditional art

Region: Zhejiang Province

Type: new item

Applicant: Huzhou City, Zhejiang Province

Protection unit: Huzhou Shanlian Hubi factory

Introduction to Hubi making techniques:

Applicant: Huzhou City, Zhejiang Province

Hubi is one of the best brushes in the world. It is well-known for its excellent production and quality.

The birthplace of Hubi is Shanlian Town, Nanxun District, Huzhou City. Shanlian pen industry began in Jin Dynasty. According to the records of Huzhou Prefecture by Tongzhi in Qing Dynasty: "Shanlian is a good practitioner The residents are the most proficient in pen making. They have built their own house in the Sui Dynasty, named Wang Faji, the seventh grandson of Wang Xizhi. They have built an Lian River and come to Yongxin temple After the development of Tang and Song Dynasties, Hubi technique has made great progress. In the Yuan Dynasty, Hubi became famous and became the top of the brush. Together with Huimo, Duanyan and Xuan paper, Hubi was known as the "four treasures of the study".

Hubi is purely handmade, and its technological process consists of more than 120 processes, such as material selection, basin, knot, sleeve, pudun, inlay, pen selection and lettering. The main processes are specialized by technicians, with fine material selection, exquisite production, especially sharp. The craftsman adheres to the principle of "precision, purity and beauty" and produces the finished Lake pen with four virtues of "sharp, neat, round and healthy".

The exquisite craftsmanship of Hubi is an important part of Hubi culture with distinctive regional characteristics. However, the transformation of social culture, the innovation of writing tools, and the one-sided pursuit of economic interests lead to the overflow of substandard products, the loss of craftsmen, and the lack of inheritors in the production of Hubi. The traditional Hubi technique has been greatly impacted, and measures should be taken to protect it.