What are the traditional paper in China

There are many categories of traditional paper, for example, since the Ming Dynasty development can be up: Xuan paper, bamboo paper, Xuande paper, Songjiang Tan paper, are famous in paper.

There are many historical paper categories, such as:

Xuan paper

Sui-Tang Dynasty was born in Xuanzhou, Anhui Province, the raw material is mostly bark. Since then, Xuan paper has been writing, painting indispensable treasures, to the Ming and Qing Dynasty, Chinese calligraphy and painting almost all use Xuan paper.

Bamboo Curtain Paper

The paper has a distinctive grain, and its paper is tight, thin and even.

Hemp paper

Seen in the early days of paper, mostly made of hemp fibers such as fishing net rags.

Rattan paper:

The river is made of rattan skin, and the paper is even and smooth, white as jade, and does not leave any ink.

Fish egg paper:

Produced in Dongyang, also known as fish paper, soft, smooth.

Cotton paper:

North of the mulberry stem bark fibers to make paper, excellent texture, white color, thin, light, soft, strong tensile force, the paper pattern torn as cotton silk.

Dyeing paper (jute paper):

In order to extend the life of the paper, Jin has invented a new technology of dyeing paper, that is, from the yellow cork in the simmering of the juice, dip-dyed paper. The dyed paper is a natural yellow color. Yellow paper has the function of exterminating insects and preventing moths.

Chengxintang paper:

Made in Shezhou, since the Five Dynasties until the Northern Song Dynasty, has been recognized as the best paper, the paper "smooth as spring water, as fine as a cocoon, tough than Shu paper, brighter and faster than the Heneke kozo".

(Attachment) Some famous papers:

Yellow and white hemp paper (Yizhou), rattan paper (Hangzhou, Wuzhou, Quzhou, Yuezhou), large mold paper (Junzhou), thin white paper (Puzhou), Xuanpaper (Xuanshou), hard yellow paper, bamboo paper (Shaoshou), slippery thin paper (Linzhou)