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Where does the shop brush come from after Hengshui?

Hengshui brush, also known as "monkey pen", was called elephant pen in ancient times. It began in the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty and has a history of more than 500 years. The Qing Dynasty was regarded as imperial, so Hengshui was called "Holy Land of Writing Brush" and "Hometown of Writing in the North". There are more than 270 kinds of brushes in Hengshui, which are long and hard, both rigid and flexible, full of ink without dripping, slippery but not stagnant. Mainly produced in Houdian Village, Taocheng District, the hometown of writing brushes in Hengshui. The nib of Hengshui brush is made of the hairs of various animals, such as yellow wolf tail, fragrant fox tail, Nanshan hair, sheep beard, white horse hair, ox ear hair and so on. The pen container is made of bamboo, purple bamboo, spotted bamboo, Phyllostachys pubescens, Eichhornia crassipes and so on. Tooth, bone, horn, bamboo, hardwood and other styles are embedded in the pen holder. Fine production technology, novel style and beautiful shape. In particular, with materials such as mahogany, boxwood, ivory, etc., high-end pens such as Erlong Play Beads, Longfeng, Phoenix Play Peony, ancient costume figures, landscape flowers and trees are carefully carved and inlaid. , more like icing on the cake, become a beautiful and elegant handicraft with practical value. Deeply loved and appreciated by calligraphy lovers at home and abroad, the pen-making process is divided into more than 300 manual operation processes, such as basin, odd jobs, dry work, lettering and color loading. Strict acceptance system is implemented in the whole process, which makes the product quality stable and reliable. Hengshui Fengyun, Shuiyue, Little Wolf Hair and other brushes were designated as "trusted inspection-free products" by Tianjin Port. Hengshui brushes sell well in more than ten countries and regions such as Japan and Singapore, with an annual export volume of more than 3 million (Hengshui).

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