The ‘Scholar’s Four Jewels’ of China – the brush, ink stick, ink slab and paper

The 'Scholar's Four Jewels' of China are the brush, ink stick, ink slab and paper.

Discover how each is created from scratch, from thousands of years of cultural tradition ...

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While ink and paper are well-known Chinese inventions, so is movable block printing ...

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