What kind of paper is commonly used in genealogy paper?

As we know, most genealogies have gone through ups and downs of several generations, and they are either not preserved completely, or the paper is yellow and the handwriting is illegible. So, how should the genealogy be preserved in order to pass it on to future generations? So when compiling genealogy, we should pay attention to the paper used. Many times, when we compile genealogy, we mostly use Xuan paper. It can be said that Xuan paper has a history of thousands of years in China, which is easy to preserve, durable and does not fade, so it has the reputation of "paper lives for thousands of years". Xuan paper also has the characteristics of lightness and thinness, and it is precisely because of its thinness that it cannot be printed on both sides. When binding, it is bound with butterflies, which looks very old. Another major feature of Xuan paper is that ink does not fade when it meets water. This is also the most difficult thing for people to give up the advantages of rice paper. Of course, this water fastness means that it is no problem to dry it immediately after a short time. For example, after the rice paper works are wet, they can be ironed with an electric iron, which has no effect on the paper.

However, for Xuan paper, there are also some shortcomings. One is the high cost. At present, the real price of rice paper is rising because of the increase in labor costs. Generally only calligraphy and painting are used. If the rice paper used to print genealogy is not real rice paper. Due to the lightness and softness of rice paper, the current generation of bookbinding machines can not be mass-produced smoothly, and more are semi-manual bookbinding. In particular, thin rice paper can not be printed on both sides, which will further increase the cost of genealogy.

With the improvement of rice paper technology, the thickness of rice paper produced in China has increased, which can basically meet the printing requirements of modern printing machines, and can also be printed on both sides to reduce costs. Genealogy is generally standardized and unified in this design by the printing unit of ancient books, but there are also a few existing new genealogies designed like non-images in this respect. Some even don't print the plate mouth or the plate heart to save trouble, which makes the content difficult to find and the arrangement chaotic. Some pages are inconsistent with the pages in the text, which is not serious. Secondly, the camphor boxes stored in camphor boxes generally have the function of moisture-proof and insect-proof, and the genealogy will not be eaten by insects for a long time, which is helpful for the preservation of genealogy.