What Xuan paper is used for calligraphy?

There are many kinds of rice paper, which can be divided into three types: cotton material, clean skin and ultra-clean skin. In terms of thickness, there are single declaration, double declaration, two-layer tribute and three-layer tribute. From the processing technology, it can be divided into raw propaganda, cooked propaganda and semi-cooked propaganda (raw propaganda has strong water absorption; Cooked Xuan is made of raw Xuan and alum, which is hard and does not absorb water; Half-cooked Xuan can absorb water, but it is not as easy to penetrate as raw Xuan.

Calligraphy paper also includes fringed paper, bamboo curtain paper, white paper, Qidu paper, Liu Ji Xuan paper, tiger skin Xuan paper, wax paper, clay paper, Korean paper and so on.

Main points of use:

Practice writing small characters with fringed paper, big characters with light yellow seven-degree paper, and screens with belly rice paper and cold gold stationery.

Beginners learn to write with rough paper that absorbs ink. After practicing for a long time, they naturally find it easy to write when they meet pure glossy paper.

Copying posts should use glossy paper, which is thin and transparent and easy to copy.

Temporary posts should use Tian Zi grid, Jiugong grid and Gong Hui grid paper for convenient arrangement.

Use soft pen for hard paper and hard pen for soft paper, which is the key to the middle way of "the weak are strong and the strong are weak".

Paper selection method:

The selection of Xuan paper is based on the principle of good water absorption and coordination with pen and ink. Don't use smooth paper, that is, it doesn't leak ink, and it doesn't leave a pen, so it can't write hard.