What are the top ten famous ink stone in China

DuanYan: with DuanXi ink stone production, produced in Zhaoqing City, Guangdong Province, the eastern suburb of axe KeShan DuanXi of the rotten river mountain. The stone is delicate and tender, and is characterized by the fact that the ink does not damage the pen and the ink can be researched with a puff of air. Duanshi naturally occurring patterns constitute Duanshi "stone products", such as banana leaf white, fish brain jelly, azure, fire press, liver jelly, aventurine points, ice patterns, stone eyes, and so on. The production process of Duan ink stone is very elaborate, known for its elegance, simplicity, exquisite and natural, and has the reputation of "the first of all inkstones", "the first ink stone in the world", "the treasure of the four treasures of the literary house". It is known as "the first of the group", "the first inkstone in the world" and "the treasure of the four treasures of literature". Because of its "heavy and light, rigid and soft, touch the lonely no fiber sound", since its introduction in the Tang Dynasty, has been favored by the literati and scholars. Coupled with the beautiful texture, each with its own name, processing technology is more and more diverse, the status is getting higher and higher, so it rose to the top of China's stone inkstone.

2. She inkstone: began in the Tang Dynasty, produced in the ancient Shezhou (today's Jiangxi Wuyuan, Anhui Province, Shexian, Yixian, Xiuning, etc.) to Wuyuan's Dragon Tail inkstone for the superiority of the material taken from the stream in the area of the Dragon Tail Mountain in Wuyuan County, Jiangxi Province, so it is called the Dragon Tail inkstone. She inkstone stone quality tough, moist dense, beautiful texture, stroking as muscle, grinding of the sharp, astringent water to stay pen, slippery not refusing ink, ink small easy to dry, wash the net. Knocking with a clear metal sound, water storage does not consume, through the cold does not ice, breath can be studied, hair ink as oil, does not hurt the millimeter, carving fine, simple and generous. Since the Tang Dynasty, has maintained its status as a famous inkstone.

3. Pottery inkstone: Shanxi Chengyi inkstone, produced in Xinjiang County, Shanxi Province (ancient name of Jiangzhou), is one of the four famous inkstones in Chinese history, with Duan, She, Tao inkstone. Clay inkstone due to the source of raw materials, firing time is different and have different colors, to "vermilion red, eel yellow, crab shell green, bean green sand, sandalwood purple, for the best color, especially vermilion red, eel yellow is the most valuable. Cheng mud ink stone without glaze, using scientific and careful formulation of raw materials, careful fumigation of drugs, special hearth firing, so that the natural kiln, the same kiln in the Cheng mud ink stone miraculous, color is different.

4. Tao inkstone: also known as Taohe stone inkstone, its material taken from the deep water of the Taohe River in the area of Gansu Zhuni, the Taohe River originated from the ancient Taozhou, so the name of the Taohe River stone inkstone, referred to as Tao inkstone. Stone quality greasy and moist, color and lustre fine, fast ink, ink storage time is long. The Taohe river stone is divided into green Tao and red Tao two kinds, the green Tao stone has "duck head green, parrot green" and so on famous stone, the stone pattern like silk, clear and attractive. Red Tao stone is earth red, color pure and fine moist, quite rare. Taohe stone inkstone heirloom very few.

5. Lu inkstone: produced in Shandong Province, the inkstone made of inkstone, Shandong red stone inkstone on behalf of the Lu inkstone to its texture tender and moist, protect hair hair ink, color and lustre red and colorful, magnificent and colorful. Lu inkstone stone quality, color, color, natural shape and other aspects of the characteristics. Including? There are red silk stone, Zishi, Nishan stone, and Xu Gong stone, Fulei stone and more than ten varieties. These ink slabs are characterized by sinking through the tender and moist, firm but not stubborn, greasy but not slippery, hair ink without loss of hair.

6. Zishi inkstone: also known as Venus inkstone, produced in Zibo City, Shandong Province, Zichuan, Boshan area, has a thousand years of history. Zishi color green, yellow, purple and dozens of categories. Green has lotus leaf green, bamboo green, lettuce green and sunken green; purple has clamped the mountain red, purple cloud, cyanine red, etc.; yellow has cyanine yellow, citrus yellow, bunch of flesh yellow, etc. In addition, there are ochre, colorful, and the flesh yellow. In addition, there are ochre, colorful, cyanine and other varieties. Zishi inkstone pearl spots, emerald spots, jelly lines, gold and silver stars, color halo and so on often appear in the inkstone surface.

7. Helan inkstone: produced in the foothills of the Helan Mountains, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Penjie Mountain. Inkstone has a deep purple, light green two natural colors, the inkstone is mainly purple, green for embellishment. Inkstones with stone eyes, jade bands, silver money, eyebrows and cloud patterns are even more valuable. This inkstone texture is fine, hair ink fine, no seepage, no leakage, no dry, no odor, no damage to the pen hair.

8. Sizhou stone inkstone: inkstone from Cenggong County, Guizhou Province, Xingtai pool, stone inkstone firm fine and moist, hair ink fine, not stagnant pen, stored ink in the inkstone available all day. If there is no water, gas in the inkstone, can come out of the dew, and can be used for writing. The stone quality is firm and moist as jade, was the color, with "water and stone quality, muddy gold and jade, clouds Zi dew liquid, ink and pen" advantages. Sizhou stone ink stone production to relief carving-based, simple and heavy modeling.

9. Songhua Royal inkstone: produced in the northeast Changbai mountainous area, the color has a purple-red, purple and green both, dark green, light green four, between yellow and brush lines, to dark green brush for the best. The stone quality solid hair ink, hardness than the end of the stone, she stone are high, after grinding, water rinse does not leave traces.

10. Yishui inkstone: Hebei traditional inkstone, produced in Yizhou (now Yixian), also known as Yiyan. Taken from the stone in Yi County, Hebei Province, Zhong Nanshan, inkstone soft color, for the purple water-forming rock, stone surface often dotted with turquoise, yellowish or gray mottled. Inkstone delicate and glossy, the quality of just and soft, easy to send ink, ink storage for a long time, not stagnant ink. Carving to the turtle inkstone, dragon inkstone, qin inkstone, beast inkstone, chess inkstone and other most famous.