Huzhou Writing Brush culture enjoys a long history and rich connotations. It’s an epitome of the oriental traditional culture and also a brilliant work in the history of Chinese civilization. Huzhou Writing Brush culture has left behind abundant heritage because of the long history of development, the exquisite craftsmanship, the numerous varieties and specifications, the good will as well as the strong promotion and wide application by great calligraphers of all ages. The extensive and profound Huzhou Writing Brush culture is more than the Huzhou Writing Brush itself but has influenced all aspects of the society. In 2000, city built the Hu Writing Brush Museum, and in September 2001, Zhejiang University, Wen Hui Bao newspaper, Hong Kong Commercial Newspaper, Zhejiang Federation of Humanities and Social Sciences Circles, together with Huzhou Municipal People’s Government held the International Huzhou Writing Brush Culture Festival, in Huzhou -- the Huzhou Writing Brush Culture Forum. Many celebrities and scholars at home and abroad attended the conference, and the inheritance and development of the Huzhou Writing Brush culture have aroused wide public attention. Today, in the information era, with the continuous deepening of reform and opening up, to know and learn the Huzhou Writing Brush culture is not only the need for inheritance and development but also the need for the improvement of our own literacy. |