Man devoted to making traditional Chinese writing brush for 6 decades(1/9)

Zhou Pengcheng ties up a pen root before the brush head is installed into the penholder at Jinxian county, Nanchang, east China's Jiangxi Province. (Photo: China News Service/Liu Zhankun)

Zhou, nearly 70, is an expert and inheritor of writing brush making.

The "scholar's four jewels" - writing brush, ink stick, ink slab and paper, are traditional writing tools in Chinese culture and writing brush is at the top.

Wengang township, which has more than 1,600 years of history in making writing brush, is regarded as the "ancient capital of Chinese writing brush" and "hometown of Chinese writing brush".

Zhou Pengcheng holds a giant writing brush at Jinxian county, Nanchang, east China's Jiangxi Province. (Photo: China News Service/Liu Zhankun)

Zhou Pengcheng writes with hand-made brush at Jinxian county, Nanchang, east China's Jiangxi Province. (Photo: China News Service/Liu Zhankun)

Zhou Pengcheng selects hair for making brush at Jinxian county, Nanchang, east China's Jiangxi Province. (Photo: China News Service/Liu Zhankun)

Zhou Pengcheng cuts hair into the same length to make writing brush at Jinxian county, Nanchang, east China's Jiangxi Province. (Photo: China News Service/Liu Zhankun)

Zhou Pengcheng removes grease on animal fur by soaking the fur into alkaline matter composed of plant ash, whiteash and mu at Jinxian county, Nanchang, east China's Jiangxi Province. (Photo: China News Service/Liu Zhankun)

Zhou Pengcheng combs hair at Jinxian county, Nanchang, east China's Jiangxi Province. (Photo: China News Service/Liu Zhankun)

Zhou Pengcheng installs a brush head into a penholder at Jinxian county, Nanchang, east China's Jiangxi Province. (Photo: China News Service/Liu Zhankun)

Zhou Pengcheng checks the brush at Jinxian county, Nanchang, east China's Jiangxi Province. (Photo: China News Service/Liu Zhankun)