Inkstone

The Reibstein (Chinese砚/砚, Pinyin Yan, Japanese砚, Suzuri, kor. 벼루, byeoru ) is one of the four treasures of the scholar's room in traditional China. It is a flat stone object with a recess for water and an area for the trituration of the ink. Chinese ink rod is pressed into elongated pins. These pins are rubbed on the ink stone with water until the desired intensity level is reached. The surface of the stone should be fine, so that the ink is not too coarsely ground and the brush bristles are not damaged. In earlier times, engraved Scholars poems or her name on an inkstone, to pass it as a decorative collectible or keepsake.