Wu Chenglin checks air-cured Huizhou inksticks in the Huizhou District of Huangshan, east China's Anhui Province, Aug. 29, 2019. (Xinhua/Liu Junxi)
The inkstick is one of the "four treasures of the study," a Chinese term which refers to the ink brush, inkstick, paper and inkstone used in calligraphy. Like Chinese calligraphy, inkstick-making requires efforts and patience.
HUANGSHAN, Aug. 31, 2019 (Xinhua) -- Wu Chenglin is an inheritor of Huizhou inksticks making, a provincial intangible cultural heritage in Anhui. He started to learn the craft at the age of 16 and now owns an inkstick factory. Wu has dedicated himself to the inheritance and promotion of the traditional techniques by public demonstration of the making process in recent years.
Wu Chenglin weighs ink materials in the Huizhou District of Huangshan, east China's Anhui Province, Aug. 29, 2019. (Xinhua/Liu Junxi)
Wu Chenglin puts ink materials into an ink mould in the Huizhou District of Huangshan, east China's Anhui Province, Aug. 29, 2019. (Xinhua/Liu Junxi)
Wu Chenglin demonstrates the smoke-curing process in the Huizhou District of Huangshan, east China's Anhui Province, Aug. 29, 2019.
Wu Chenglin thumps ink materials in the Huizhou District of Huangshan, east China's Anhui Province, Aug. 29, 2019. (Xinhua/Liu Junxi)
Wu Chenglin presses ink materials to make Huizhou inksticks in the Huizhou District of Huangshan, east China's Anhui Province, Aug. 29, 2019. (Xinhua/Liu Junxi)
Wu Chenglin takes out an inkstick from an ink mould in the Huizhou District of Huangshan, east China's Anhui Province, Aug. 29, 2019. (Xinhua/Liu Junxi)
Wu Chenglin checks air-cured Huizhou inksticks in the Huizhou District of Huangshan, east China's Anhui Province, Aug. 29, 2019. (Xinhua/Liu Junxi)
Wu Chenglin checks air-cured Huizhou inksticks in the Huizhou District of Huangshan, east China's Anhui Province, Aug. 29, 2019. (Xinhua/Liu Junxi)
Wu Chenglin checks air-cured Huizhou inksticks in the Huizhou District of Huangshan, east China's Anhui Province, Aug. 29, 2019. (Xinhua/Liu Junxi)
Wu Chenglin outlines design in gold on Huizhou inksticks in the Huizhou District of Huangshan, east China's Anhui Province, Aug. 29, 2019. (Xinhua/Liu Junxi)
Wu Chenglin adds gold foil into ink materials in the Huizhou District of Huangshan, east China's Anhui Province, Aug. 29, 2019. (Xinhua/Liu Junxi)
Wu Chenglin outlines design in gold on Huizhou inksticks in the Huizhou District of Huangshan, east China's Anhui Province, Aug. 29, 2019. (Xinhua/Liu Junxi)
Wu Chenglin checks air-cured Huizhou inksticks in the Huizhou District of Huangshan, east China's Anhui Province, Aug. 29, 2019. (Xinhua/Liu Junxi)
Wu Chenglin arranges ink moulds in the Huizhou District of Huangshan, east China's Anhui Province, Aug. 29, 2019.(Xinhua/Liu Junxi)
