Before the invention of paper, books were made of simple silk.
Bamboo slips are spliced together to form a roll, which is called Jiance Village.
After the invention of paper, the style of simple silk continued.
The earliest binding form is "scroll binding".
Everyone will be familiar with this binding, and now calligraphy and painting sometimes use this binding method.
There are few scrolls, so they can't be seen in later general books, but they are beautifully bound and are mostly used for calligraphy, painting and copying classics.
Today, the chapter unit "volume" of books is still influenced by the binding reel.
Scroll binding refers to the binding method in which printed pages are mounted according to specifications, and then both ends are bonded to logs or other bar shafts and rolled into bundles.
Scroll binding began with silk books, and was applied to paper books when paper books prevailed in Sui and Tang Dynasties. Later generations have been using it, and modern mounted calligraphy and painting are still mounted with scrolls.
Scroll binding evolved from the binding form of Jane Eyre rolled into a bundle. The method is to stick a shaft (usually a wooden shaft) at the end of a long scroll article and roll the book on the shaft.
For silk books, articles are written directly on silk books, while for paper books, a piece of paper with words is pasted on a long scroll in turn. Generally, the head of a scroll is bonded with a piece of paper or silk, which is called "mounting". The mounting is tough and does not write, which plays a protective role.
Then tie the mounting head with a ribbon to bind the book. Put a sign on the end of the ribbon and tie it to fix the ribbon. When reading, open the long scroll and stretch it gradually with the reading progress. After reading, roll up the scroll with the shaft, tie it with the ribbon in front of the scroll and put it on the tea rack.