BRUSH Kinds of hairs used in Chinese Brush
1. Weasel Hair
2. Rabbit Hair
3. Deer Hair
4. Sable Hair
5. Fox Hair
6. Wolf Hair
7. Sheep Hair
8. Goat Hair

INK & INK STONE It is made either of:
1. Pine Soot - from burning pine wood
2. Lampblack - from burning vegetable oil. The soot or oil is blended and mixed with a kind of glue. The mixture is compressed, set in a mold, and dried into either stick or cake form. The ink stick is then embossed with chiese inscriptions and/ or decorations, polished, and sometimes gilded.

PAPER Authentic rice paper is made from wood pulp and the fibrous parts of certain bushes and plants. The most common natural fibers used are mulberry, bamboo, hemp, and sandalwood; less common ones are rice stalks, corn stalks, cotton, flax, reeds, and moss.