笔筒是书案上重要的文具之一。笔筒不仅有盛放毛笔的功用,更是精美绝妙的观赏物。笔筒的产生、发展,至今已有几百年的历史,它是由笔架、笔船发展而来的。笔架,是古人最早放置毛笔的器物。据《开元天宝遗事》记载:“苏题有一锦纹花石镂空笔架,每天欲雨则津出如汗。”新疆吐鲁番唐墓中,曾经发掘出一件木制笔架,可知唐代已有笔架的生产。明代屠隆《文具雅编》记载:“笔床之制,行世甚少。古有鎏金者,长六七寸,高二寸,阔二寸余,如一架 Pen holder is one of the important stationery on the case. Pen holder is not only full of writing brush function, it is exquisite wonderful ornamental. The production and development of the pen holder has been hundreds of years old. It has developed from the pen holder and the pen vessel. Beacon, is the earliest ancient writing utensils. According to ”Kaiyuan Tianbao Memorabilia“ records: ”Soviet issue of a Jinhua stone pierced pen holder, every day for the rain is Jin out sweat.“ ”Tang tombs in Xinjiang, Turpan, once unearthed a wooden carriage, we can see the Tang Dynasty has Pen holder production. Tu Long Ming Dynasty “stationery Ya series” records: "The system of the pen bed, very few in the world.Gold with gold, sixty-seven inches long, two inches high, more than two inches wide, such as a