What is impregnated rice paper?

Although there are similarities between Xuan paper and calligraphy paper, there are essential differences. Mainly reflected in four aspects: first, the composition of raw materials; Second, the production process; Third, the use effect; Fourth, save time. Recognizing the differences between them, we can correctly identify and use them. The raw material structure of Xuan paper is green sandalwood bark and grass, and the proportion of this raw material has been followed for nearly a thousand years, and it has not changed so far. The production process of Xuan paper is divided into two stages: raw material production and paper production. The characteristics of raw material production are: long production cycle. I never get tired of making it. Tan bark and straw should be soaked in mountain spring water, soaked, boiled, sorted, spread in the sun, sun and rain, bleached and other natural processing, so that each tan bark and straw is as white as cotton, soft and tough, and the raw materials are finished. Only one item will take 8- 10 months. It can be said that the uniqueness of Xuan paper lies in its unique raw materials. The difficulty and complexity of making raw materials are beyond ordinary people's imagination, and every piece of propaganda paper is hard-won, which can be seen. Since the Tang dynasty, the traditional manual operation has been maintained in the paper-making process: fishing paper with bamboo curtain filter copy method; Dry the paper with a fire wall and expose it manually; In the process of inspection, it is a visual inspection one by one. When making rice paper of Zhang Er, Liu Zhang, Zhangba and Zhang Er specifications, it can show the subtlety and originality of rice paper operation technology. Around the paper slot of 8- 16 paper fisherman substation, * * * holds the paper curtain, which is tacit, coordinated, cautious and calm. One person's slight mistake will result in the consequences of all previous efforts. Xuan paper is ordinary in appearance, but rich in connotation. Its legendary color has always attracted the attention of people from all walks of life. Such as Liu Haisu, Yin Shoushi, Wu Zuoren, Li Keran and a large number of painting and calligraphy artists, regardless of their old age and infirmity, made a special trip to visit the factory to learn about the production technology of Xuan paper. They said with emotion: We have used rice paper all our lives, but we don't know how it was made. We must come and see it in our lifetime. On the one hand, we give up our wishes, on the other hand, we express our gratitude to the rice paper workers and masters. They happily wrote inscriptions and drew pictures respectively, and lamented the hard-won rice paper one after another, praising its wonderful quality and being worthy of being a national treasure. The reason why Xuan paper is favored by painters and calligraphers is that it has incomparable ink moistening effect with other papers. Xuan paper is made of special technology and special raw materials, so it has the effect of absorbing silent particles and spreading ink. Especially in the era of writing brush, the use of Xuan paper was limited to the upper class. Because of its long production cycle and high cost, the output can not meet the needs of the whole society at all. The ink wetting effect of Xuan paper is mainly reflected in the following aspects: first, the ink wetting is symmetrical, and it can show distinct levels whether it is rewritten or lightly sketched. This sense of "five-color ink" is particularly obvious when painters and painters paint landscapes. Second, several strokes intersect, leaving pen marks; At the intersection of pen marks, there are shades, which can fully express the artistic conception of the painting and produce the three-dimensional effect of the work. Thick ink is deep and bright, and light ink is not gray. Calligraphers can write a dragon snake on rice paper at will, whether it is cursive or meticulous seal cutting, which fully embodies the wonderful taste of art. Not only that, after the rice paper is inked, its celadon bark fiber is evenly distributed and does not contain impurities, so it is stable and does not deform, arch or warp. The durability of rice paper is also determined by its own raw material characteristics. The reason is that after repeated lime impregnation, cooking, long-term sun exposure and dewdrop bleaching, the chemical reaction tends to be stable, and the wood that is prone to qualitative change and moth-eaten in the early grass of Dalbergia odorifera has been eliminated. The tough fibers of sandalwood skin make the paper strong and durable. The well-preserved art treasures, ancient books, documents, calligraphy and painting prints of the past dynasties have not rotted for thousands of years, which is the best evidence of the "Millennium life" of rice paper.