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Modern paper is made by machine, so how did the ancients make paper by hand?

1. Prepare raw materials. The picture shows raw wheat straw, which is dry and of good quality.

2. Prepare the stone mill, wash it, and push it with the whole family.

3. Crush raw materials, just a small piece, which is convenient for later operation.

4. Put the rolled cloth into a cloth bag for collision, rinsing and squeezing, and put it into a mixing pool to mix into paste.

5, put it for three hours, you can do something else in these three hours, try not to touch it,

6. Use a bamboo curtain to pick up the pulp in a limited pool and put it on the table next to it. The action should be light.

7. Squeeze the water slowly, don't hurt the paper, or all the previous efforts will be in vain.

8. Dry the paper. Cloudy days will clear up. Don't expose it to the sun, or the paper will be inflexible and hard.

9. decompose and turn into a piece of paper, and the paper will be ready.