What is the name of something that is often used to press paper in calligraphy and painting?

Paperweight is a traditional handicraft in ancient China. Refers to something used to press paper when writing and drawing. Most of them are rectangular strips, which are also called weighing scale and pressure scales for some reasons.

The original paperweights had no fixed shape. The origin of paperweight is that ancient literati often put small bronzes and jade articles on their desks to enjoy. Because they all have a certain weight, people will use them to press paper or books while enjoying them. Over time, they developed into a stationery for study-paperweight.

Extended information paperweight used to be a town stone, and then a town appeared. The town is used to press curtains or seat corners. In the past, the ancients sat on the floor, that is, sitting on a straw mat spread on the ground, and the four corners of the straw mat pressed against the town. When paper appeared, paperweights appeared.

The earliest time that paperweights entered the study can be seen in the written records of the Southern and Northern Dynasties. "The Ancestor of Heather Rong Yuan" contains: "The emperor tried to write a book under his nose and iron as a book town, which was very strong and ready to change his staff." It can be seen that the paperweight has been used for 1500 years.

In the Qing Dynasty, paperweights were innovated while following the style of the Ming Dynasty. Especially with the progress of technology, paperweights with strong decorative flavor began to appear, which can be described as a combination of ornamental and practical.

For example, bronze gold-plated enamel paperweights were made in the middle of the Qing Dynasty. The bronze tire is gilded, and then enamel is painted directly on the metal tire. The pattern is delicate and true, quite like pastel in porcelain. It has high technical value and is a fine product in research.

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Baidu Encyclopedia _ paperweight