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What is the fifth process of making xuan paper

The fifth process of Xuan paper making is the drying of paper.

Xuan paper production techniques, Jing County, Anhui Province, traditional handicrafts, one of the national intangible cultural heritage. The production of Xuan paper begins with a leather production process and a grass production process, after which it has to go through more than a hundred processes to make it.

On May 20, 2006, the Xuanpaper production techniques were approved by the State Council of the People's Republic of China*** and the State Council of the People's Republic of China to be inscribed on the first national list of intangible cultural heritage, item number VIII-65.

Introduction

"Xuanpaper

The term "Xuan paper" first appeared in the Tang Dynasty scholar Zhang Yanyuan's book, "The Chronicles of the Famous West", which has a record of "good people should be placed on a hundred pieces of Xuan paper, using the method of wax, in order to prepare for the copying and writing", which is the most directly on the Xuan paper name of the article.

To the Song Dynasty, the demand for Xuan paper increased greatly, Xuanzhou Xuan paper produced around the demand exceeds supply. At the end of the Song Dynasty and the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty, the Cao surname people migrated to the area of Xiao Ling in the western township of Jing County to make a living by manufacturing Xuan paper, and since then, the Cao clan of Xiao Ling in Jing County has gradually developed into a leader in the Xuan paper industry, and once monopolized the production and operation of Xuan paper.