What is Longquan inkpad? Why is it called precious mud?

Founded in the 21st year of Qing Emperor Kangxi (A.D. 1682), Changzhou Longquan Indy, together with Hangzhou Xiling Indy and Fujian Zhangzhou Babao Indy, is known as the three largest Indy treasures in China.

Longquan inkpad was originally created by Changzhou scholar Liu, who is very familiar with medicinal materials. It took him two years to improve the production of inkpad and named it Longquan inkpad. Jingchang Printing Factory is the place where Liu and his descendants made Longquan inkpad, which is located in Biji Lane, Millennium Ancient Street, Changzhou, a famous city in the south of the Yangtze River. When Qianlong went down to Jiangnan, he was also called when he came. Jingyutang? Jingchang Printing Society gladly tried Longquan Indonesia, which was very popular. Since then, Changzhou Longquan inkpad has been regarded as a royal product.

Manufacturing feature

No solidification in winter and no oil leakage in summer? It describes the inkpad of Longquan, Changzhou. Its inkpad has many colors, such as red, yellow, blue, black and white. All of them are bright and shiny, and there is no faint trace after three days in the water. A box of Longquan inkpad will not dry for three to five years, and the color will be so bright and shiny even for hundreds of years.

process flow

Longquan inkpad is made of cinnabar, moxa, rhinoceros yellow, pearl powder, musk and castor oil. In addition to selecting materials, one side inkpad has to go through more than 30 processes and steps such as blending, boiling, stirring and oiling. It takes at least three years just to sun-oil. Only when a cylinder of oil is dried to a thick and condensed into a half cylinder can it be used.

Inheritance and protection

Today, Changzhou Longquan inkpad has been passed down to the sixth generation. With the efforts of Miao Degen, a contemporary inheritor, the lotus root silk inkpad, which has been lost for more than 200 years, has also been restored, which is not only widely circulated in the domestic painting and calligraphy circles, but also exported to Japan, South Korea and other countries. Good wine needs no bush. The crew of CCTV program "China on the Pen" went to Changzhou four times to record the whole process of Longquan inkpad production, and regarded it as the representative of China's traditional skills. The world-famous G20 Summit in Hangzhou, Longquan Inpad was internationally recognized as the designated Inpad for the Summit. [ 1]

social influence

Because of its exquisite workmanship and outstanding use effect, it has won the love and admiration of literati in past dynasties. Mrs. Xu Beihong's inscription for Liao to love Longquan for her husband? The nature of the country? ; The famous red scientist Feng Qiyong wrote an inscription? China Jingchang Printing Society? Plaque; Fu Baoshi's daughter, a famous painter, saw her father's used inkpad box and went to Changzhou Jingchang Printing Factory to get mud. Calligrapher, Yao Zhihua, Liu Haisu's wife Xia and disciples of Qi Baishi also like to use it. In this regard, Changzhou Longquan inkpad has become a high-level symbol of painting and calligraphy.