Huzhou, a city in the north of Zhejiang Province, （be） home to brush pen-making since the Qing Dynasty. There was very long time when an excellent Hubi was representative of social position and the desire of all men of letters. But now the art of making brushes is at risk.
The key （reason）for the danger include the hard learning experience of making brush pens, poor working conditions, low profits on brush pens and lower income of workers. Last year, Huzhou had less than 30 brush pen technicians aged below
40. That number now is believed to be even （low）. Most of the technicians have already passed the age of retirement, but are staying in their positions because, them, the factories would have no one to make brush pens.
the Ministry of Education has required elementary and middle schools to start calligraphy classes to save the Chinese tradition, has in turn brought many orders for pens, the increase in orders is bittersweet. （actual）, Huzhou doesn't lack orders at all but skilled technicians to make the brush pens.
So what ranks first on the list of solutions is to get people （know） the meanings and thoughts behind the techniques. If the entire society considered our workers as （respect） technicians, maybe the conditions would become better.
