砚,俗称砚台,是书写、绘画研磨色料的工具。传统观点认为,砚在汉代就已出现,晋代开始普遍使用,至明、清两代品种繁多,出现了被人们称为“四大名砚”的端砚、歙砚、洮砚和澄泥砚。砚与笔、墨、纸,是中国传统的文房四宝。砚用于研墨,盛放磨好的墨汁和掭笔。因为磨墨,所以有一块平坦的地方或一凹窝;因为盛墨汁,所以有一个臼窝。汉代刘熙撰写的《释名》中解释:“砚者研也,可研墨使之濡也。”以往的研究文章,有关学者引经据典对 Inkstone, commonly known as an inkstone, is a tool for writing, painting and polishing pigment. The traditional view is that Yan appeared in the Han Dynasty, and the Jin Dynasty began to be widely used. In the Ming and Qing dynasties, there are many kinds of duan-Yan, Qing Yan, Yan Ink and Cheng Nian Inkstone. Yan and pen, ink, paper, is the traditional Chinese four treasures. Ink for research ink, filled with good ink and ink. Because of grinding, so there is a flat place or a pit; because of ink, so there is a mortar. Han Xi Liu Xi wrote the “release name” in the explanation: “Yan Zangyan also, research ink to moisten it. ” Past research articles,