The Duanyan production area is located in Duanyan, which is next to Duanxi, which is actually a stone mountain. In ancient times, the lower part of the east side was called the lower rock, and there was a spring in the lower rock, and no matter how dry it was, the spring water would never dry up. Above the lower rock, there is the middle rock, and above the middle rock, there is naturally the upper rock. Climb the upper rock, climb over the top of the mountain to the back, called Longyan.

Longyan is the place where the inkstone was taken in the Tang Dynasty, and later because the inkstone of the back rock was better than that of Longyan, so the Longyan was not used. When Duanxi arrived in the Song Dynasty, it had been completely submerged in water, and when the inkstone workers took the stone, they could only go to the water to get it, so it was more and more difficult to get the good inkstone.

When Duanzhou was in the Han Dynasty, it did not belong to China, and it was not until after Zhao Tuo, the king of Nanyue, returned to Shun, that the territory of Duanxi was incorporated into China. But Duanxi was found in the time of Tang Wude, and at the beginning, there were not too many good inkstones. Later, in the Five Dynasties and the early Song Dynasty, the mining intensity increased, the output began to soar, and the quality was naturally the best.

In ancient times, people also had plans for the mining of inkstones. Start with the north wall of the lower rock, and then dig a hole from the south wall, so in addition to the upper, middle, and lower rocks, there are also eastern, middle, and western caves. In the Tang and Song dynasties, the government set up a special inkstone officer stationed in Duanxi, and asked for a tribute to the inkstone every year, once the amount was reached, the hole was sealed, and ordinary people could not steal it. When the stone is taken, it is also a pit after the pit is taken, and then a new pit is opened, so there is a new pit and an old pit.

By the time of the Yuan Dynasty, it was simply closed and no one was allowed to log until the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty, but after a few years, it was sealed again. Until the Xuande, Chenghua, and Wanli years, they were also opened and closed.

By the time of Kangxi, the ban was really lifted, but the best inkstone was still the most collected by Wu Songyan and Yang Jingsu during the Qianlong period. Therefore, there are also ancient names such as "Wu Gong Keng" and "Yang Gong Keng". After that, it was not until the late Qing Dynasty that Zhang Zhidong served as the governor of Liangguang, and only then did he begin to produce good inkstones, so there was also the saying of "Zhang Keng".

It is said that when water is injected into the inkstone, the water will not volatilize, and in the cold winter, even if the temperature is low, other inkstones will often freeze, but the inkstone will not have such a phenomenon.

Yu Lifei carefully received this Daxi Cave Duanshi Liuji Yan in his bag, he didn't plan to make a move, and the next time he returned to his hometown, he would give it to the old man, which would definitely make him very happy.

Looking at the ink again, Yu Lifei first weighed the ink ingot, and then repeatedly rubbed and observed, beaten, and sniffed, feeling pure black and moist, pure black in color, and thick in color. Smelling it, there is a smell of its own simple and distant fragrance.

The ink in our country only began to exist in the last years of the Zhou Dynasty. In ancient times, it was carved with a knife, not even a pen, and there was no ink at all. In the Xia, Shang, and Zhou dynasties, books were written with lacquer. On weekends, there was a big seal, and it was no longer possible to write books with lacquer, so I used graphite to grind into juice to write. After the invention of paper in the Han Dynasty, it was no longer suitable to write with graphite, and people at that time made pellets with lacquer smoke and pine coal, and then grinded ink when they used it. The so-called pine smoke is the black ash that condenses after the pine wood is burned. Those ball-like things should be the earliest ink pills.

During the Three Kingdoms period, the ink-making technique began to get better, and glue was added to the ink pills. At the time of the Wei and Jin dynasties, the manufacturing technology of ink blocks became more sophisticated, and more and more people used ink in society, and graphite was gradually eliminated, and finally no one used it. Like Wei Dan of the Wei Dynasty and Zhang Jin of the Jin Dynasty, they were all famous ink makers at that time.

During the Tang Dynasty, the requirements for ink were even higher, which was not only the demand of various literati in society, but also the requirements of the government. At that time, a special workshop was set up to engage in ink making. It was at this time that North Korea paid tribute to a kind of pine smoke, which was extremely suitable. Because of this pine smoke, it is combined with elk glue. At that time, the most famous official ink, called Zu Min, at that time can be said to be famous all over the world, his secret to making ink is to add antlers to the ink to make a plaster, which is actually taken from the North Korean method.

When he arrived in the Southern Tang Dynasty, Li Tingjue's father and son were both ink officials, and they even refined and carried forward the methods of ink making. At that time, the ink they made was called Jue Mo, and until now, it is the best in ink. Of course, this is only limited to the ink made of pine smoke.

It was not until the Song Dynasty that there was oil smoke, the so-called oil smoke, which refers to the fine and loose black soot deposited by the incomplete combustion of oil substances. In ancient times, the information was very closed, there was an accident in the east, and it would be a year and a half before the west would know the way, and the same was true for ink making.

Therefore, most of the literati at that time made their own ink, and as for the level of production, no matter how high it was, it was difficult for people outside to know the Tao. But after Li Tingju's father and son became famous, the literati bachelor suddenly became interested in ink making, and he could become famous by making ink, where to find such a beautiful thing. You must know that in ancient times, especially in the Song Dynasty, as long as you have a name, it is very likely that there will be officials. Therefore, the famous ink-making masters of the Song Dynasty emerged in endlessly, and the ink-making process was also kept improving.

The Song Dynasty is the most prosperous and developed period in the history of our country's culture, with many literati, and the calligraphy, calligraphy and painting of the Song Dynasty are also the most exquisite period in the history of our country's culture. But it is precisely because of this that more attention was paid to ink at that time. Once everyone attaches importance to ink making, the people who make ink will naturally strive for excellence, and it can be said that the famous ink of the Song Dynasty has reached the point of reaching its peak.

Even later, ink is no longer limited to writing, and some people have special quirks about making and buying ink. For example, it is required to paint landscape paintings or even celebrity handwriting on ink, or add some special spices and other substances. It can be said that the ink of the Song Dynasty has been perfected and perfect. Now some great calligraphers and painters of the Song Dynasty have been passed down for thousands of years, and the famous ink of the Song Dynasty has made great contributions.

The emperor of the Yuan Dynasty was a consequence of Temujin, and the Mongols naturally did not pay attention to Han culture, so there was no special progress in ink making. But there is no special suppression, so it can be regarded as inheriting the achievements of the Song Dynasty, which may also be something worth celebrating. If the emperor of the Yuan Dynasty casually issued a holy decree, I am afraid that the history of our country will be rewritten.

By the time of the Ming Dynasty, the raw materials for making ink were improved, in addition to pine smoke and oil smoke, lacquer smoke, pine coal, and even blue tobacco and cotton smoke were used. The ink made from these materials is dark in color and fragrant in smell, which is an improvement over the previous ink.

In the Qing Dynasty, because Kangxi and Qianlong were good at calligraphy, they naturally attached great importance to ink making. The so-called good on the top, the bottom will be effective, so the imperial ink in the Kangxi and Qianlong periods was extremely exquisite, and the ink produced was naturally unique. In the Jiaqing and Daoguang years, the country was troubled, and there was no time to take care of such things. Naturally, there are no high-quality imperial inks, and the ink made by private people can only be used as general writing.

At the end of the Qing Dynasty, he wanted to reform and change the law, and learned everything from the West, using pencils, quill pens, and fountain pens for writing. Western oil pens are also used for painting, and the pen and ink inkstone in the pen, ink, paper, and inkstone are not only squeezed out of the popular stage, but also declined after the Republic of China. It turned out that the ink that those literati and ink scholars were vying for was unexpectedly unexpectedly unexpected As a result, some famous ink merchants who have been in business for hundreds of years can only change their careers, and by now, famous ink is basically no longer produced. In retrospect, it's really embarrassing.

Yu Lifei's current ink is made of pomelo smoke, which is of better quality than the ink made of pine smoke and oil smoke. On the front of the ink block, there are the words "Ancient Song Heart". And on the back there are four words "Little Huadao people". Yu Lifei knew that this must be the money of the ink maker, but since the Wei Dynasty, there have been thousands of famous ink makers in history, and he only knows that this is a good piece of ink, but if he wants to say that Zi Mao Yin is ugly about the "little Huadao people", it is not possible.

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