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Culture: How a calligraphy brush is produced

Wengang, a town in Jiangxi province, is regarded as the home of the Chinese writing brush. It was also the hometown of Yan Shu, a minister and poet in Song Dynasty (960-1279). The making of the calligraphy brush is a complicated process. The town has been making them for 1,600 years, and the technique has been listed as an intangible cultural heritage of Jiangxi.