Wengang Town, under the jurisdiction of Jinxian County, Nanchang City, Jiangxi Province, is the hometown of writing brushes and is known as "the pen capital of China". In 20 18, it was awarded the title of the first production base of calligraphy and painting brushes for primary and middle school students in China.
Second, the hometown of She Yan in China
Shexian County, a county under the jurisdiction of Huangshan City, Anhui Province, is the main producing area of Huimo in Four Treasures of the Study and She Yan, and has been awarded honorary titles such as "Huimo Capital of China", "Hometown of She Yan in China", "Hometown of Huizhou Opera" and "Hometown of China Memorial archway" successively.
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History and culture:
(1) Wengang Town
Wengang Town in Jinxian County is the hometown of Yan Shu, a famous poet in the Northern Song Dynasty. It is a famous hometown of brush, and is known as "the pen capital of China". Wengang, as early as the early Tang Dynasty, had a pen market, and the history of producing brush has a long history. It is said that more than 2 100 years ago, the skill of pen-making was taught by Guo Jie and Zhu Xing of Xianyang in Qin Dynasty. During the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Linchuan calligrapher and civil historian Wang Xizhi used a special brush for Wengang. Tang wrote an ode to "the pen that illuminates Linchuan" in Preface to Wang Tengting (Wengang was under Linchuan's jurisdiction before 1969).
In the Qing dynasty, the Zou family in Qiantang, Wengang, operated the "Ziguangge" brush chain store in Wuhan, and the business was booming; There is also a man named Zhou Huchen who opened a pen village in Shanghai. When Emperor Qianlong went down to the south of the Yangtze River, he personally inscribed the plaque of "Zhou Huchen" to help him make exquisite imperial tribute pens and present them to the court regularly. In addition, there are famous pen shops in Wengang Town, such as Ziguangge, Wenzhaoxuan and Jinhongtang. At that time, Wen Gang's brush not only sold well in China, but also exported to Southeast Asian countries such as Vietnam, Myanmar, Japan and Singapore, enjoying a high reputation at home and abroad. By 1930s, pen artists in Wengang had spread all over the country in more than 20 provinces and cities.
(2) Shexian County
Shexian County, formerly known as Zhou She, was founded in the 26th year of Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty (22 1 year). Qin set up a county, and Song set up Huizhou Prefecture. County and city 1400 years, is the political, economic and cultural center of ancient Huizhou. 1986, named as a national historical and cultural city by the State Council. ? Shexian county is the birthplace of Huizhou culture, as well as the main birthplace of Huizhou merchants and Huizhou cuisine. It is the main producing area of Four Treasures of the Study, China, Huimo and She Yan.
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