Sanxiang *** New Hunan Client February 17 (Correspondent Liu Wen, Yi Siyuan, Quan**Reporter Guo Wenwen) Have you ever seen someone who writes with a toothbrush and fine sand? In Hengyang, Hunan Province, there is a calligraphy enthusiast who writes couplets with a toothbrush and sand, and the movements are smooth and smooth, and he can write a couplet in less than a minute, and is well-known in the local area, gaining more than 200,000 fans on the whole network, and more than one million netizens like and support. On February 17, a reporter from Sanxiang contacted and interviewed the toothbrush calligraphy uncle.
The master is in the folk, and the toothbrush can also be used as a pen
The uncle's name is Liu Yong, 55 years old this year, is a warehouse loading and unloading delivery master, has been a hobby of calligraphy for more than ten years, why did you think of using a toothbrush to write calligraphy? He said it was a chance encounter that gave him the idea.
Once, when brushing my teeth, my toothbrush accidentally fell on the ground, so I drew a few strokes on the ground, and found that I could write with a toothbrush, so I tried to practice writing with a toothbrush. Liu Yong told reporters.
As soon as he had free time at work, Liu Yong directly took local materials, dipped a toothbrush in ink, and wrote and painted on the old paper shell in the warehouse. Liu Yong said: "The toothbrush is much harder than the tip of the brush, and the strength is just the opposite. ”
Nowadays, the toothbrush is used freely in Liu Yong's hands, and the words written look exactly the same as the words with a brush, which are almost indistinguishable with the naked eye. Netizens commented, "Those who are good at books don't choose pens, they really have two brushes!" ”
Dare to try and live to learn
In addition to using a toothbrush as a pen, Liu Yong also learned to write without a pen.
Sand book, originated in the Song Dynasty, is a unique traditional skill, with a hand to twist the fine sand into words, Liu Yong accidentally brushed a master to practice the sand book **, and had a strong interest, "to sand into a book does not need to use pen and ink and paper, a blow to disperse, can save a lot of money." ”
So, Liu Yong began to study "sand books" again. Although I have a basic knowledge of calligraphy, the learning process is not easy, the flow of sand is difficult to control, and it requires good dexterity of the wrist, as well as the strength of the fingers to pinch the sand and the angle when turning.
In the sand book works released by Liu Yong, he holds the fine sand in his hand to form words, does not drag mud and water, and the thickness of the font lines changes significantly, which not only has the stroke and rhyme of the brush characters, but also has the three-dimensional sense that writing with the brush does not have, which is inseparable from his daily hard work.
Liu Yong said frankly that it took him more than two years to practice like this, and at first he just thought that this skill was interesting, but the more he practiced, the more he could feel the charm of Shashu, and he wanted to inherit Shashu, a craft that was on the verge of being lost, so that more people could understand Shashu and feel the charm of Shashu.
On the online platform, Liu Yong insists on shooting and publishing ** every day, sharing and ** his written works with netizens, and has completed nearly 10,000 works so far, and practicing calligraphy has become an indispensable part of his life. Liu Yong said: "In the new year, we must practice words better. ”