Four Treasures of Study

Han appliances, many unique, different from both the performance of the Han customs of other nations, but also for world culture has contributed to the progress and development. The most typical is known as the "four treasures" of the writing tools: paper, pen, ink, ink stone.

Paper, is a great invention of the Han, and now the world's paper, although the varieties of millions of dollars, but the "rice paper" is still used for calligraphy and painting brush unique handmade paper, paper texture, flexibility, smooth white color, durable, absorbent and strong, in the international arena, "Paper Life Millennium" reputation.

Brush, an ancient ethnic Han Chinese and Western style very different to write with a feather unique writing, drawing tools. Although popular in the world today pencil, pen, pens, etc., but it is a brush can not be replaced. Penpower allegedly created by the brush is so far known as the hometown of brush Hengshui county in Hebei Hou shop three days of every lunar month, as Chinese New Year, every family making dumplings, drinking to celebrate, commemorate PenPower create a brush. Since Since the Yuan Dynasty, Zhejiang Huzhou produced a "sharp, round, healthy" characteristics of the "lake pen" to become the country's most famous brush species.

Mexico, is writing, painting pigment. Ming Jiang Xi Tang ink Chao, Xi-ting and his son made a good ink, acquired by the Southern Tang Li Yu's appreciation, given the country the family surname "Lee." From "Mo Li," renowned the world over. Song Li, renamed the Mexican origin Shexian Huizhou of Anhui, "Li Mo" was renamed "Hui ink."

Yan, commonly known as ink stone, a Han Chinese writing, painting, grinding pigment of the tool. Yan has been popular during the Han Dynasty, Song already commonly used in the Ming and Qing dynasties variety, there has been known as the "four Mingyan" and Duan, She Inkstone, Taoyan and Yan Cheng mud. Ancient Chinese scholars attach great importance on the ink stone, not only go hand in hand all day, but also with the sacrificial death.

In addition to "four treasures", the abacus beads invention is a Han ancestors simple calculation tool. Northern Song Dynasty painting "Painting" in Zhao Taicheng drugstore counter to painting an abacus. Abacus beads operations as quick and convenient for thousands of years has been the widespread use of computational tools Han Chinese, even the most advanced modern electronic calculator can not completely replace the role of abacus beads.