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Of the four treasures of the study (Hu brush, Hui ink, Duan inkstone, and rice paper are the top four), the pen ranks first. The Chinese writing brush is an unrivaled writing instrument. Hu's brush is known as "the best among brushes" because "Mao Ying's skills are the best in the world" and "Purple hair is as valuable as gold".

Shanlian Ancient Town is located at the junction of the three ancient water towns in northern Zhejiang - Wuzhen, Nanxun and Xinshi. It is known as the "City of Pens" and the "Holy Land of Silkworm Flowers".

According to Jiahu local chronicles, in the early Qing Dynasty, the number of households in Shanlian had reached thousands to thousands. Merchants gathered and there were many shops, making it very prosperous. For thousands of years, almost every family in Shanlian has produced a pen craftsman, and every household can make pens. There are still many "Hu pen families" today. In the Han, Jin, Sui, Tang and Song dynasties, the Hubi industry was relatively developed. By the Yuan Dynasty, Hu pens, characterized by long-edge brushstrokes, became the leader of my country's pen manufacturing industry. "Huzhou Fu Zhi" of the Ming Dynasty once recorded: "Huzhou is famous for its pens, and its craftsmen are all over the country. The pen makers are all from Hu, and its place is named Shanlian Village." During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Huzhou was the country's pen-making center, and generations of pen-makers The masters of pen making not only raised the craftsmanship of Hu pens to an unprecedented height, but also raised the cultural level of the entire Jiangnan to an unprecedented level.