Can anyone recommend that the inkstone is the best right now?

The texture is delicate, the golden sound of knocking, the breath is good, which is the best, which inkstone has a better and inferior one.

The good ones are more expensive, and the natural stone inkstones such as long and good stone eyes are even more expensive.

A good inkstone has the characteristics of purity, moisturizing and delicate, and it also has a good stone pattern.

Generally speaking, the inkstone is pure and clean, and the fewer impurities, the better. There are inkstones with "stars", in fact, this is the impurities brought by geological formation, whether it is good or not, it depends on how to understand.

Venus inkstone. For example, take Fei County, Shandong.

The Venus stone produced in Liuzhuang Township is a Venus inkstone made of grinding and carving, and its stone is made of slight mudstone.

Composition, containing iron sulfide.

Crystallization, the formation of large such as walnuts, small such as rice grains, different shapes of Venus, this kind of stone because of the rarity and precious.

A good inkstone will feel good. But if you don't know how to do it, how can you distinguish a good inkstone? Here are a few suggestions for Qiao Pei:

Scrape it first. If there is something between the nails after shaving, it means that there is a layer of wax on the inkstone. Waxing is done because the stone is not dense enough and not dense enough.

Qing Kangxi blue and white gossip pattern porcelain inkstone.

Collection of Guangdong Provincial Museum.

Wipe it off. If it is oily, it is because it is oiled. There is no major problem with oiling the body of the Benson, but it should be scrubbed off immediately after oiling. If the oil is eaten, the stone is not dense enough.

Tao inkstone, Duan inkstone, She inkstone, Chengni inkstone, these are the four famous inkstones.

Xu Gong inkstone, Huangshi inkstone, Songhua stone inkstone, Guishan inkstone.

Inkstone, also known as Yan, one of the traditional Chinese handicrafts, inkstone, pen, ink, paper together known as the four treasures of traditional Chinese study, is an essential tool for Chinese calligraphy.

In the "Interpretation of Names" written by Liu Xi in the Han Dynasty, it is explained: "The inkstone is also studied, and the ink can be studied and wet." It evolved from the grinders of primitive societies.

In the early days, the original form of inkstone was to use a small grinding stone to press ink pellets on a stone tool that was smoothed on one side and grind it into ink. In the Han Dynasty, there was a carving on the inkstone, with a stone cover and a foot under it. From the Wei and Jin dynasties to the Sui dynasty, round porcelain inkstones appeared, which were three-legged and multi-legged.

The kei-shaped inkstone is a common inkstone style in the Tang Dynasty, which is similar to a dustpan, with one end of the inkstone falling to the ground and one end supported by a foot. During the Tang and Song dynasties, the shape of inkstones became more diverse.

The inkstone is smooth, the inkstone surface is delicate, and the ink is fast, which can be called a good inkstone. The ink developed by such an inkstone is delicate and free of particles (it cannot be seen or distinguished by the naked eye, that is, the particles are very fine); A bad inkstone grinds up, the ink ingot goes down quickly, and the ink is difficult to blacken - because the ink particles after grinding are coarse, so that the ink ingot is wasted, and the ink of calligraphy and painting floats on the surface of the paper, even if it takes a long time, it can't sink, it can only fall (we who collect calligraphy and painting know that it takes decades for the ink to sink into the paper, which can be seen with the naked eye.) Therefore, the new imitation of ancient calligraphy and painting, although it is old with smoke, tea brush, etc., can be distinguished by experienced collectors, just by this one).

Therefore, some ancient calligraphy and paintings are shallow and ugly because they are not required for calligraphy and painting, and this is because they are caused by the ink developed from the second quality inkstone or the second quality ink ingot.

The four famous inkstones in the collection and calligraphy and painting circles are: Duan inkstone produced in Zhaoqing, Guangdong in the Tang Dynasty, Sheyan produced in Wuyuan, Anhui Province in the late Tang Dynasty, Chengni inkstone produced in Jiangzhou, Shanxi Province in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and Taohe inkstone produced in Lintan, Gansu Province in the Song Dynasty. (The value of the age I listed is mainly more particular in the collecting world).

In addition to the four famous inkstones, the jade inkstone of Songhua River (also known as Songhua stone inkstone, Songhua inkstone) and the red silk inkstone of Zibo, Shandong Province are also the objects sought after by collectors.

1. Tao inkstone.

It is one of the four famous inkstones in China, and is as famous as Guangdong Duan inkstone, Anhui She inkstone, and Chengni inkstone, and is called China's four famous inkstones. The production of Tao inkstone has a history of more than 1,300 years. It is produced in Taoyan Township, Zhuoni County, Gannan Prefecture, Gansu Province.

2. End inkstone. Duan inkstone, a special product of Zhaoqing City, Guangdong Province, is a product of China's National Geographical Indication. Duan inkstone is one of the four famous inkstones in China, and is as famous as Gansu Tao inkstone, Anhui She inkstone, and Shanxi Chengni inkstone. It was produced in Duanzhou in the early Tang Dynasty (now Duanxi in the eastern suburbs of Zhaoqing City, Guangdong), so it is called Duanyan, which has a history of more than 1,300 years.

3. Sheyan. She inkstone, the full name of Shezhou inkstone, is one of the four famous inkstones in China, and Gansu Tao inkstone, Guangdong Duan inkstone, and Yellow River Chengni inkstone.

It is produced in Shezhou, between the Huangshan Mountains and Tianmu Mountain and Baiji Mountain in Anhui Province, including Shexian, Xiuning, Qimen, Yixian, Wuyuan and other counties. The origin of She stone is the best in the stream under Longwei Mountain (Rib Mountain) at the junction of Wuyuan and She County, so She Yan is also known as Longwei Yan, and Longwei Mountain is the stone production area of most of the surviving She Yan treasures. In addition, She County, Xiuning County, and Qimen County also produce She inkstone.

4. Chengni inkstone.

Chengni inkstone is one of the traditional Chinese handicrafts and one of the traditional calligraphy utensils, which began in the Han Dynasty and flourished in the Tang and Song dynasties, and has a history of more than 1,000 years. Since the Tang Dynasty, Duan inkstone, She inkstone, Taohe inkstone and Chengni inkstone have been called the "four famous inkstones".

The body shape of the inkstone of Chengni inkstone is round, oval, semicircular, square, rectangular, and arbitrary. The carving type has a number, an ear bottle, two turtles sitting on the waves, a sea beast roaring moon, eight monsters fighting water, antique stone canal pavilion tiles and other three-dimensional inkstones.

5. Songhua stone inkstone.

Also known as Songhua inkstone, a special product of Jilin Province, China's national geographical indication product. Songhua inkstone is carved from Songhua stone produced in Changbai Mountain, Jilin. The use of pine stone to make inkstones began in the late Ming Dynasty and was respected in the Qing Dynasty.

Songhua inkstone is as warm as jade, green and flawless, hard and fine, tender and pure, smooth and not rejecting ink, astringent and not sluggish pen.

The four traditional inkstones: Duan inkstone, She inkstone, Tao inkstone, Chengni inkstone. In addition, there are Songhua inkstones in the northeast, Yishui inkstones in Hebei, and red silk inkstones in Shandong.

Yishui inkstone, the traditional name of Hebei. It was produced in Yizhou (now Yi County), hence the name. Also known as "Yishui Ancient Inkstone", it is said to have begun in the Tang Dynasty.

The inkstone is taken from a pastel-colored purple-gray aquaponic rock on the banks of the Yishui River. Naturally embellished with blue and yellow markings, the stone is delicate, soft and moderate, and the color is distinct. The inkstone of the carved mountain is exquisite and simple, moisture-retaining and solid-resistant, easy to ink, suitable for writing and painting, and fluent in writing.

Yi Yan is modeled according to the material, named by the type, and the artist is artistically designed, skillfully using inkstone, and the knife is exquisite.

Yishui inkstone is delicate in stone, exquisite in craftsmanship, suitable for writing and painting, elegant and beautiful in shape and antique, and at the same time easy to study ink in Yishui inkstone, does not hurt the pen, the table is moist, and it is suitable for writing and painting. Cherished by generations of calligraphers and collectors.

The system of Yi Yan is like a sketch practiced when learning to paint. To draw a sketch, you need to rely on a single color to draw the different levels, textures, quantities, colors, and spaces of the depicted objects, and the same is true for Yi Yan.

The beauty of Yi Yan, where is the beauty, the beauty is not whitewashed, and the beauty is simple and natural. To do a good job of an art inkstone, you must have a solid inkstone making kung fu, easy inkstone is not easy, not simple in minimalism, in the shape and aesthetics, in grasping the square and circle just the right scale.

The ancients made Yi Yan, with a peaceful and simple mentality, their body and mind were integrated into the heaven and earth, and some of them were the tranquility that people today lacked. And what we see now is some easy inkstone, to be honest, it is far from what the ancients did, and the inkstone is filled with more impetuous gas and market gas, and it is especially difficult to get the calm air when the ancients made inkstones. These Yi Yan, what they do is the appearance, what they achieve is only the likeness, it seems to be in harmony with the ancient law and the most lacking is the heart, and the heart is the soul of Yi Yan.

According to the different raw materials for making inkstones, since the Han Dynasty, inkstones have different names for stone inkstones, jade inkstones, pottery inkstones, porcelain inkstones, tile inkstones, Chengni inkstones and metal inkstones such as copper, iron, and silver.

However, from a practical point of view, there are generally only two categories: tile inkstone and stone inkstone. According to the different productions, tile inkstones are divided into two kinds: mud inkstones and brick inkstones. According to the place of origin, the stone inkstone is divided into more than 10 varieties such as Duan inkstone, She inkstone, Wujin inkstone, Lingyan inkstone, Kaihua stone inkstone, Dagu stone inkstone, Shenzhou stone inkstone, Xishi inkstone, Taoshi inkstone, and purple gold stone inkstone.

Speaking of the collection of inkstones, most people take China's "four famous inkstones", namely Duan inkstone, She inkstone, Taohe inkstone, and Chengni inkstone as the focus of the collection, among which Duan inkstone is the first of all inkstones.

The inkstone is not only a study utensil, but also a collection of treasures by literati of all ages because of its sturdy nature, which has been passed down through the ages. The materials of the inkstone are rich and diverse, in addition to the end stone, the stone, the Taohe stone, the Chengni stone, the red silk stone, the stone stone, the chrysanthemum stone, there are also jade inkstone, jade miscellaneous stone inkstone, tile inkstone, lacquer sand inkstone, iron inkstone, porcelain inkstone, etc., a total of dozens of kinds.

1. Look: look at the quality, workmanship, product, inscription, decoration and new and old of the inkstone, whether it has been repaired, etc. If the inkstone has been repaired, there will always be a difference between the color of the repaired place and the original color of the inkstone.

2. Touch: When you get an inkstone, you can touch it with your hands. If it feels smooth and delicate to the touch, it means that the stone quality is better; If it feels rough to the touch, it means that the stone quality is poor.

3. Knock: Hold the inkstone with five fingers, hit it gently, or play the inkstone with your fingers and smell the sound. If it is the end inkstone, the sound of wood is better, the sound of tile is second, and the sound of gold is the next, these three different sounds reflect the tender and old of the stone of the end inkstone.