What did the ancients call gold white?

What the ancients called platinum ink.

The ink is called "gold remains unchanged" from the Mohist Scripture: "Use it every day, only half at the age of one, and you won't change 10 thousand gold after using it." So gold is the name of ink, which means good ink does not change.

Before the invention of artificial ink making, natural ink or semi-natural ink was generally used as writing material. Ink was invented about later than pen. Prehistoric painted pottery patterns, Shang and Zhou Oracle Bone Inscriptions, bamboo slips, silk paintings and so on have left traces of original ink everywhere. According to documents, ink was also used in ancient ink punishment (face painting), ink rope (carpenter's use) and ink turtle (divination). Archaeological excavations in China found bones and ink on stone tools in the14th century BC, and ink blocks in the Warring States Period were also unearthed from Yunmeng County, Hubei Province.

The impression of ink seems a little simplistic, but it is an indispensable article in ancient Chinese characters. With the help of this original material, the fantastic artistic conception of China's paintings and calligraphy can be realized. The world of ink is not boring, but rich in connotation. As a consumable, ink can be presented intact today, which is very precious.

Production process of ink:

1, ingredients: the ingredients for making ink are different and often kept secret. It usually includes egg white, fish skin glue, Niu Pijiao and various spices and medicinal materials, such as clove, Arnebia euchroma, cortex fraxini, sappan wood, Dalbergia odorifera, storax and pearls. There are more than 1000 ingredients.

2. Tamping: Tamping tobacco and ingredients into tobacco balls in an iron mortar for 30,000 times, or hammering the tobacco balls 1 10,000 times with a hammer to form ink balls.

3. Mo Ding: Divide the ink balls into small pieces, put them into a copper mold or a wooden mold, and then press them into Mo Ding. The shapes of Mo Ding are: rectangle, circle, ellipse, half moon, cylinder, bird and beast, etc. Patterns include Maitreya Buddha, Zodiac, pine, phoenix, crane, fish, birds and flowers.