Brush pen craftsman Zhou Pengcheng arranges brush pens at his workshop in Wengang Township of Jinxian County, east China's Jiangxi Province, Aug. 8, 2019. (Xinhua/Yao Jianfeng)
The ink brush, ink, Chinese Xuan paper and ink slabs are four traditional writing materials of Chinese stationery. Traditional ink brush making has a history of more than 2,000 years in China. Let's take a glimpse of a brush pen craftsman's daily work.
NANCHANG, Aug. 9, 2019 (Xinhua) -- Zhou Pengcheng, a 65-year-old brush pen craftsman in Wengang Township noted as "The Capital of Brush Pen in China", has been devoting himself to brush pen making since the age of 8.
Brush pen craftsman Zhou Pengcheng makes brush pens at his workshop in Wengang Township of Jinxian County, east China's Jiangxi Province, Aug. 8, 2019. (Xinhua/Zhang Rufeng)
Brush pen craftsman Zhou Pengcheng makes brush pens at his workshop in Wengang Township of Jinxian County, east China's Jiangxi Province, Aug. 8, 2019. (Xinhua/Li Bo)
Brush pen craftsman Zhou Pengcheng works at his workshop in Wengang Township of Jinxian County, east China's Jiangxi Province, Aug. 8, 2019. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)
Brush pen craftsman Zhou Pengcheng dries brush pens at his workshop in Wengang Township of Jinxian County, east China's Jiangxi Province, Aug. 8, 2019. (Xinhua/Liu Jinhai)
The brush pens made by Zhou Chengpeng at his workshop in Wengang Township of Jinxian County, east China's Jiangxi Province. (Photo by Cai Xiangxin/Xinhua)
As the inheritor of traditional skills of making Wengang Brush Pen, an intangible cultural heritage of east China's Jiangxi Province, Zhou not only inherited the traditional techniques but also innovated the methods of making brush pen. To better pass on the making techniques of brush pen, Zhou has endeavored to receive and train apprentices and the younger generation of his family.
Brush pen craftsman Zhou Pengcheng checks a brush pen at his workshop in Wengang Township of Jinxian County, east China's Jiangxi Province, Aug. 8, 2019. (Xinhua/Mou Yu)
Brush pen craftsman Zhou Pengcheng arranges brush pens at his workshop in Wengang Township of Jinxian County, east China's Jiangxi Province, Aug. 8, 2019. (Xinhua/Li Bo)
Brush pen craftsman Zhou Pengcheng (L) introduces techniques of making brush pens to a visitor at his workshop in Wengang Township of Jinxian County, east China's Jiangxi Province, Aug. 8, 2019. (Xinhua/Lu Peng)
