English articles about China culture?

Long ago, words were carved on bones, or written on bamboo and silk.

These materials are heavy, and some of them are expensive, which causes a lot of inconvenience to people. During the Western Han Dynasty two thousand years ago, some people began to use some expensive plant fiber paper, which looked rough and was still convenient for writing. ?

In the Eastern Han Dynasty, a eunuch named Cai Lun decided to find a practical paper-making method for the people. Cai Lun often goes to the river to observe the process of women washing silk and silk floes. He found that the remaining silk would form a thin layer on the tablets after it was separated from silk.

Some people put it in the sun to dry, and use it to paste windows, packages, or write. He went to the paper mill, consulted the paper makers, and gradually understood and mastered the basic process of papermaking. In order to create an economical and practical paper, Cai Lun uses common materials such as bark, rags and abandoned fishing nets to break them into pulp.

Cai Lun has exams every month, and he gets all dirty. People around him regard him as a freak and don't want to get close to him. But he doesn't care about those strange eyes, and he is old according to his new method.

He used the "floating flocculation method" and used straw mats as pulp. When the pulp came out, it would form a thin layer of straw mats, which became paper after drying. Cai Lun succeeded. He made paper which is cheap and easy to carry and write. This great invention is listed as one of four great inventions of ancient china.