The development course of paper
According to textual research, papermaking began in the Western Han Dynasty and spread widely in Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties. After being widely used by people, papermaking has been further improved. Paper raw materials are also diversified. There are many kinds of paper, such as bamboo curtain paper, rattan paper, fish egg paper and so on. It is widely used in our modern civilization. Paper has also become an indispensable writing tool in our daily life.
Development course of bamboo tube
Bamboo slips are written materials from Warring States to Wei and Jin Dynasties. Bamboo slips are slender bamboo pieces (also wood chips). Bamboo slips are called bamboo slips and wood chips are called bamboo slips. They all use brushes and ink. The book is three feet (about 67.5 cm) long. It can write imperial edicts, two feet four inches (about 56 cm), copy scriptures and one foot (about 23 cm), and write folk letters. Important discoveries have been made in Changsha, Jingzhou, Hubei, Linyi, Shandong and Northwest China, such as Dunhuang, Juyan and Wuwei. Each piece of work is written on a line, connecting all the bamboo pieces in the article. Commonly known as "bamboo slips". This is the earliest book form in ancient China. Wood chips used for writing are called sawdust, which is mostly used for writing short articles.
Overview of paper tube or bamboo tube in Wei and Jin Dynasties
Therefore, in the Wei and Jin Dynasties, paper has replaced bamboo tube as the main writing material in our daily life. And at that time, paper was rectangular and divided into five colors. All kinds of paper are decorated with auspicious patterns. One is pink, engraved with the seal script "Shoushan Fuhai" and decorated with a sea of clouds of hundreds of bats, which means that life is happier than Nanshan and like the East China Sea. Second, the green seal script "Tao Ping Xian Rui" decorated Xiantao Xianghe, meaning to celebrate the birthday. The third is green, engraved with the seal script "Liuhe Changchun", decorated with landscape deer, symbolizing world peace. The fourth is the light blue seal script "Bamboo Head of the Immortals", decorated with flowers and birds. The fifth piece is light pink, and the seal script "He Mei Wannian" is decorated with plum trees and cloud cranes.