Four Treasures of the Study

The four treasures of the scholar's Room (Chinese文房四宝/文房四宝, Pinyin wén fáng sì bǎo ) were the items that needed a scholar for writing and painting in traditional Chinese Empire.

They are the main tools with which he performs his duties.

Writing Brush

Writing brushes (笔/笔, bǐ ): brushes are made ​​of fine animal hair. The flexibility of the brush tip is their bedeutsamstes feature.

Rod ink

Rod ink (墨, mò ): The three materials used to make the ink most commonly soot from pine, oil and lacquer. Good ink has a smooth surface, firm and not sticky. Their black color is without turbidity.

Reibstein

Reibstein (砚/砚, Yan): Ink is pressed into elongated pins. These pins are rubbed on the ink stone with water until the desired color level is reached. The stone must have a smooth surface so as not to rude to grind the ink and not to damage the bristles of the brush.

Paper

Paper (纸/纸, Zhi ): The most famous Chinese paper is Xuan paper. This handmade paper is soft and has the right absorbency for Chinese calligraphy and painting.

Gallery

Seal

Paper and Paper Weight

Brush

Two writing brush

Reibstein rod with ink and water tank

Calligrapher in folding the paper

Brush attitude