Shanghai Zhou Huchen Cao Sugong Pen and Ink Co., Ltd., a famous trademark in Shanghai, a time-honored brand in China, is a supplier of high-quality calligraphy and painting utensils known for its production of wolf hair brush / wolf hair pen
Shanghai Zhou Huchen Cao Sugong Pen and Ink Co., Ltd.'s old Zhou Huchen Pen and Ink Factory, founded in 1694 (the 33rd year of the Kangxi Dynasty of the Qing Dynasty), has a history of more than 300 years. Famous for the production of wolf hair calligraphy and painting brushes, wolf hair water pens, the late Qing Dynasty famous sea calligrapher Li Ruiqing (Qingdao) once praised: "The sea writer, no more than Zhou Huchen". In 1956, the public-private partnership merged eight famous pen houses such as "Yang Zhenhua" and "Li Dinghe", so that the pen-making technology and varieties of wolf, sheep and both were more complete and complete.
Zhou Huchen's brush has the characteristics of "pointed, Qi, round and healthy", sharp and sharp, round and full, strong and powerful, and elastic; Writing and painting are free, handy, and long-lasting. The wolf pen is made of pure weasel tail, stone badger hair, Huai rabbit tip, etc., all of which are refined by hand, through more than 100 operations in 5 major processes such as combing, tying, dressing, and repairing. Xiangfei bamboo, mahogany, cloisonne, ivory and other precious materials of the pen holder, have a unique ornamentality, is a collection of handicrafts.
Zhou Huchen's exquisite brush enjoys a high reputation at home and abroad, and has been selected as a national gift many times, and some have been collected in museums. Products are exported to Japan, South Korea, Singapore and other Southeast Asian countries and Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan. Contemporary calligraphy and painting masters frequently entrust Zhou Huchen to customize brushes, and those that are highly praised by the market include Zhang Daqian's "Daqian Selected Brushes", Shen Yinmo's "Yin Mo Selected Ying", Wu Hufan's "Meijing Book House Brushes", Li Keran's "Shiniutang", etc.; Japan's famous calligraphy artists Yanagida Yasuyun and Kawakami Jingnian have also visited Zhou Huchen's custom brushes.
Zhou Huchen brush in 1935 won the Chinese General Chamber of Commerce National Exhibition Excellence Award, in 1988 won the Ministry of Commerce Quality Product Award, in 2004 by the Shanghai Municipal Economic and Trade Commission identified as "Shanghai traditional arts and crafts skills", "Tiger" brand trademark since 2002 by the Shanghai Municipal Administration for Industry and Commerce identified as "Shanghai Famous Trademark", the old Zhou Huchen pen factory, to cast the brand as its own responsibility, transmutation of traditional crafts, assisted Chinese culture, painting the future of China.
