Were there any celebrities writing on stones in ancient Xinjiang?

Depends on what you say. In ancient times when there were no words, stones or charcoal bars could be used to mark the stones.

Ancient people in Xinjiang used wooden pens or reed pens to write. During the 1950s and 1970s, archaeologists found several reed pens and wooden pens at Milan site in Ruoqiang county, Xinjiang and Dekuzalai site in bachu county. Among them, a reed pen unearthed from Milan site is 12 cm long, and the nib and pen holder are well preserved. The upper part of the pen tube is wrapped with hemp rope for holding the pen; There is a gap in the middle of the tongue, which is one of the earliest hard pens in China.

Reed pen of Tang Dynasty unearthed from Milan site

During the exploration and archaeological excavations in the last century, western explorers and China archaeologists discovered more than 65,438+00 hard pens made of bamboo tubes, reed pipes, red willows and other materials in western China. Among them, the most amazing are 1906 reed pens discovered by British Stein at Milan site and 1972 bamboo pens discovered at Xixia site in Zhangyibao, Wuwei, Gansu. From the modeling point of view, these two kinds of pens are very similar, both of which are finely polished by wooden materials, with sharp tips and horse ears. There is a gap in the middle of the tongue of both pens, which is double-pointed, similar to today's tongue.

Wooden pen in Tang dynasty

The tradition of ancient ancestors in Xinjiang using hard pen has been passed down to this day. At present, Uighur calligraphy works basically use hard pen. In the long-term historical development, many famous calligraphers have appeared in the Uygur nationality, forming more than a dozen calligraphy styles. These calligraphy styles have different writing methods and artistic characteristics. In modern Uyghur calligraphy, there are mainly orthography, Sulus style, Naisi bold style, Esria style, Ruke style, Reyhani style, Yigazayiti style, Taiyilike style, Kufei style, Xietiranjikufi style, Diwani style, Jilidiwani style, Tuwu Aimu style, Tesvili style and so on. Modern Uighurs have inherited the tradition that ancient residents in Xinjiang used bamboo, reed and pine as hard pens. Their pens are only a few centimeters long and look petite, but they can write very beautiful calligraphy works with such a simple hard pen.

Wood Brush of Eastern Jin Dynasty Unearthed from Astana Tomb

In ancient Xinjiang, it was impossible to use wood, reed pipes and bamboo as writing tools to write on stones. Only the stone tablet was carved with a carving knife.