Pen holder is the most common pen holder, generally cylindrical, and made of various materials, such as bamboo, wood, porcelain, lacquer, jade, ivory and purple sand. And it is a permanent thing in the books of literati. In ancient times, the pen container was favored by literati because of its artistic personality and high cultural taste. Zhu Yizun, a scholar in the Ming Dynasty, once wrote "The Inscription of the Pen Container", saying: "The pen is written on the record, either horizontally or vertically, and the Jews have no instrument, so they should control it. If the guest arrives home, he can rest assured that he is innocent. "
Pen container is the most important stationery except pens, ink, paper and inkstone in ancient China, which appeared in the middle and late Ming Dynasty. Because of its convenient use, the pen container quickly became popular all over the world and is still prosperous today.
Second, what does the pen container mean?
Pen holder is a special device for placing brushes. According to literature, its materials are gold-plated, jade, rosewood, ebony and so on. Most of the handed down utensils we can see now are made of porcelain or bamboo. It has collection value.
Some people divide contemporary woodcarving pen holders into two major color systems, the golden color system and the brown color system. Brown is represented by ebony pen container, which means "brown and Huai Yu". The golden color system is represented by a gold-plated pen container, which means "to be the first".
If we carve and draw various mascot patterns on the inner and outer walls of the pen container, it will show the meaning of various mascots. Bring good luck to people .....
The pen container is square and has a speaker, which means "in all directions". A circle in a square means a circle. Sifang pen holder briefly describes Sifang peace and four gods: Qinglong, Baihu, Suzaku and Xuanwu. These four gods came from Wadang in Han Dynasty, and they are symbols of good fortune and nobility. Combining them together symbolizes great cause, invincible and all one's wishes come true.
It is worth mentioning that bamboo and wood pen holders can be divided into special pen holders and carved pen holders according to the technology. There is no text pattern on the surface of ordinary pen container. Carved pen holder is to carve various patterns on the surface of the pen holder, such as figures, landscapes, pavilions, etc. , and has a certain meaning, such as carving a catfish with lotus leaves, meaning more than a year; Dragon and phoenix pattern, meaning auspicious dragon and phoenix; The old man, handsome and amiable, with a scepter in his left hand and a fairy fruit in his right hand, stood under the lush pine and cypress trees, symbolizing the longevity of pine and cypress; Carved with pine trees and cranes, it means that pine cranes will prolong life.