She Yanshi's pattern structure is very prominent, which can be divided into caviar pattern, rib pattern, golden halo pattern, eyebrow pattern, brush silk pattern and so on. Because of its fine mineral particles and uniform distribution in time, it has the effects of benefiting ink, slipping without abandoning the pen, and astringent without delaying the pen, which is praised by calligraphers of all ages.
She inkstone was praised by scholars in past dynasties. Li Yu, queen of the Southern Tang Dynasty, said that "the inkstone is the best in the world"; Su Dongpo commented on his "smooth pen and smooth ink melon skin, rational gold sound and jade virtue"; Mi Fei said, "Venus and Song Yan are beautiful, breathing clouds, and water is not dry." . In September, 2004, China National Light Industry Federation and China Four Treasures of the Study Research Association awarded Shexian the honorary title of "She Yan Town, China".
Quality characteristics of she inkstone
Stone is of excellent quality, graceful color and delicate luster, with eight virtues of "firmness, moistening, softness, health, fineness, greasy, clean and beautiful". The inkstone material is delicate, soft and hard, hard and moist. It has the characteristics of convergence, no pen dropping and no ink throwing. Buckling, touching the skin and grinding like a front are all sounds. Suitable for inking. After long-term use, the ink on the inkstone is old and dirty, and it is as clean as new after entering the water. Known as "Shiguan Mountain" and "the name of inkstone beads".
The color of inkstone is like jasper, which has the characteristics of not absorbing water, not rejecting ink, not hurting hair, not drying up and being easy to wash. Enjoy the title of "childlike innocence" and "beauty skin". Scholars and painters of past dynasties, such as Liu Gongquan, Ouyang Xiu, Su Dongpo, Mi Fei, Cai Xiang, Huang Tingjian and Tang Yin, all regarded inkstone as a treasure and praised it.
Mi Fei, a great calligrapher, praised She Yan in "The History of Ink", saying that "Venus Song inkstone is solid and beautiful, breathing clouds and keeping the water dry, and the ink on the paper is bright and dazzling, and it will be as shiny as ever after decades". Ouyang Xiu, a writer in the Song Dynasty, also praised the inkstone "Long Tail Out of Duan Xi" in the Book of Mo Jing, and thought that inkstone was better than Duanyan. Cai Xiang, a calligrapher in the Song Dynasty, once praised: "Jade is pure, and its fate is silent. When I heard about it, I would still hit the fifteen cities of Qin people. "
Reference to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-She Yan