During the Jin and Tang Dynasties, the paper was thick, and some papers were as smooth as A4 paper, but they still had a certain ink absorption effect.
This kind of paper can't be made into books now.
The paper that can be closer to the ancients is hemp paper, an ancient French paper.
Why do you say ink means paper?
Because I used to read copybooks online, there has always been a question, why are the copybooks written by the ancients the same, and some versions are pure black words, as if the ink is shiny.
Some versions are light ink and there will be "heavy ink beads" at the turning point.
The most beautiful thing about this kind of thing is the original, so I went to the museum to see many original works.
I just found that many pictures are too distorted.
In order to achieve good results, the color has been readjusted.
This method is good for beginners, but how to write the ink color incorrectly will also cause confusion.
So after reading the original text and then looking at the picture, you will see the clue.
Then the question came back. Is there a difference between ancient people using ink and modern people?
In fact, there is no big difference. From Jin to Tang, the ink is thick and shiny all the way.
In the Song Dynasty, there were various methods. Basically, a person's life works are thick and light, and most of the paper is smooth.
Yuan Ming is probably the same.
Only Dong Qichang, with light ink and dry ink, shows the effect of light and Zen, which is innovation.
Then there is Wang Duo Fu Wei, using ink.
In fact, raising ink is skillful.
Because the ancients used silk, silk and other fabrics, the demand for water was relatively large.
If you have read Mishufei's Cycas, you should know that if you don't need to add ink, the ink will dry up.
Of course, compared with silk, Susu is still expensive.
This kind of silk is very suitable for making black watches. All the ink is dry and rich in color, mostly silk books and silk books.
The ancient rice paper is still different from the present one.
Because the pure ancient rice paper has also been lost.
Now they have inherited most of the ancient laws, with gains and losses.
Now the rice paper is good, and the ink color is also good.
For example, Wang Xuezhong uses ink.
In pure ink, this work was made 40 years ago. Even today, only a few people can control this change.
Many people say that Wang Xuezhong is ugly, so I won't go into details.
But this ink color change is really rich. The ancients said that ink was divided into five colors, and Xu Wei was the second best in painting.
It is also reflected in Xu Wei's calligraphy.
Xu Wei used mostly rice paper.
Because Xuan paper is expensive, Xu Wei's paintings can be sold for money, but the supply is in short supply.
So Xu Wei has more paper works than Wang Duo and Fu Shan.
In fact, the treatment of ink is based on paper.
To learn from the ancients, we still need to use some paper that is not very absorbent, which is why many great calligraphers still insist on practicing calligraphy with tassel paper.
Some words need some inking feeling, and you can use gold powder rice paper. Many gold powder rice papers have just the right ink absorption effect.
If you want high ink color, you should use rice paper well.
For example, there are some "few pictures" schools of modern painting and calligraphy artists, and their Xuan paper is valuable.
A knife for two or three thousand, a knife for a few days.
Ink is actually based on the tone of paper.
After all, ink is not suitable for pens, nor for people's aesthetics, but for paper, in order to express better results.
If you write Xu Wei with wax paper, it will really kill people. It is best to use rice paper.
Also, using inkstone and ink block is more suitable for calligraphy creation.
As for how to use it, I can't say, but just look at the picture. Look at the original picture.
Most copybooks are in color.