Shanghai Calligraphy Museum

The Shanghai Pen and Ink Museum and Shanghai Book City are only separated by a road. The museum is inconspicuous. It is easy to miss it on the lively Fuzhou Road, but after entering, you will find that there is something special inside. In the museum filled with the fragrance of brush and ink, in addition to seeing various exquisite brushes and ink, you can also learn about their selection and production, as well as celebrity anecdotes related to brush and ink, and fully feel the breadth and depth of brush and ink culture. Walking into the museum, the first floor mainly sells pen and ink, and the upper floor is the exhibition hall. The exhibition hall is not large, and it is displayed in three window displays in the left, right and middle directions. There is also a Chinese and English voice introduction in front of each booth. In the middle of the exhibition hall is the treasure display area, which displays fine ink products produced by Cao Sugong and others; the right one mainly displays Chinese calligraphy and painting ink, including ink-making materials, additives, molds, etc., as well as some exquisite finished products. The left shows the history and development of Chinese brushes, as well as materials, tools and finished products for making brushes, as well as related video materials. In addition, the pens used by many celebrities, such as Wu Changshuo, Zhao Zhiqian, Shen Yinmo, Zhang Daqian, Wu Hufan and other calligraphers and painters, are also displayed. In addition, there are also two brushes that are particularly conspicuous. Their vellus hairs are 10 centimeters long. Mr. Li Keran, who was in his 80s at the time, spent 70 years picking out from thousands of wolf tail hairs in the north of Zhengdong. The long hair, which is enough to make two brushes, is the so-called "pick one hair out of ten thousand", which can be regarded as the treasure of the town hall.