What materials can be used as raw materials for paper making in ancient times?

The raw materials used in ancient papermaking are as follows:

1, hemp.

China's earliest raw material for papermaking, the paper obtained from hemp is characterized by softness, delicacy and impermeability.

2, leather.

Wei-Jin and North-South Dynasties period, people in the papermaking raw materials to add leather, making the paper made more delicate.

3, rattan.

Rattan paper paper fine, durable, official documents, books, paintings and other aspects of the use of rattan paper, common rattan paper mainly green rattan paper, white rattan paper, yellow rattan paper, etc., but this paper is not easy to obtain materials.

4, bamboo.

Bamboo paper has a slippery, hair ink, Xuanpen peaks, Shu although long, the ink end of the advantages, ink absorption, water absorption function is excellent.

Ancient papermaking source:

Papermaking, one of the four great inventions of China, was invented in the Western Han Dynasty and improved in the Eastern Han Dynasty. China is the world's earliest sericulture silk country, the ancient Chinese working people on the top cocoon silk weaving, the rest of the cocoon, sick cocoon, etc. is used to bleaching method to get silk wool. When the bleaching is finished, there will be some residual wool left on the gabion mat.

When the number of bleaching flocculation, gabion mat on the residual flocculation will be accumulated into a layer of fiber flakes, after drying stripped down, can be used for writing. The by-product of this bleaching is small in quantity, and in ancient books it is called Hejian or Fangwu.