Huangfumei, a scholar in the Tang Dynasty, once recorded a short story in the book Sanshui Xiaoxi, saying that there was a paper-making workshop in the north of Nanhe County, Julu County, drying paper on sunny days.
One day, the wind was very strong and countless papers were rolled. Paper as white as snow is flying in the sky. From this, we can see the scale of paper workshops at that time and the huge demand for paper in the Tang Dynasty.
During the Tang Dynasty,
Huizhou has always been the paper-making center of China, and the famous Xuan paper comes from here. Xuan paper has existed since ancient times? Paper king? As early as the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, the paper in Xuancheng County was a tribute of the imperial court, which shows that the production technology of ancient Xuan paper has been very mature since the Tang Dynasty.
Ancient rice paper was made of sandalwood bark and straw. Its advantages are fine and white paper, uniform and soft texture, smooth and tough feel.
Does not change color for a long time, and can be stored for a long time. It is the top grade in paper.
The most famous paper type in ancient Xuan paper is Chengxin Tang paper, which is described in Huizhou Fuzhi. There are many good papers in the room, with the names of first frost and Qing Xin. ?
This kind of paper appeared in the Southern Tang Dynasty, which was the result of Huizhou people's labor. Ancient literati didn't like Cheng Xin Tang Paper. In the Song Dynasty, countless literati used Cheng Xin Tang paper in their paintings and calligraphy works, such as Ouyang Xiu's history book "New Tang Book". Even Cai Xiang, one of the four great calligraphers in the Northern Song Dynasty, once wrote Cheng Xin Tang Tie, praising the advantages of Cheng Xin Tang Paper, which shows his love for Tang Paper. The poet Mei once wrote a poem for this:? Honesty is more than enough to touch the moon and knock on the ice; Pan Hou can not only make paper, but also carve dragon tails with exquisite inkstones. ?
With the prosperity of Tang society and the open development of culture and economy, and with the development of paper industry, it provided a material carrier for literati's creation. The progress of papermaking technology and the increase of papermaking quantity laid the foundation for the recording of literature and the spread of culture, and Tang paper promoted the vigorous development of Tang literature.
The prosperity of Tang Wenhua is closely related to its economic and social factors. It is precisely because the unified situation in the Tang Dynasty provided a stable pattern for social development that people can live and work in peace and contentment, industries such as industry and commerce and handicrafts can develop steadily, and the economy can achieve prosperity.
However, literature can get the richest nutrients only when social wealth is extremely rich, and colorful social life is also the soil that literary creation can not do without, so Tang poetry continues to develop in a stable and prosperous social environment.
The Tang Dynasty is an open dynasty and a dynasty with strong national strength. It is precisely because of this that the Tang Dynasty was able to conquer other nationalities, but at the same time it was able to accommodate the cultures of other nationalities. Therefore, the society of the Tang Dynasty can present richness and inclusiveness that no other dynasties in history have.
The country's own momentum and tolerance gave people in the Tang Dynasty a strong self-confidence, a broader mind, and a free and easy temperament in dealing with people. These are undoubtedly revealed in the Tang poetry, so the literary genre of Tang poetry was carried forward in the Tang Dynasty, contaminated with the magnificent temperament of the Tang people, and the literature of the Tang Dynasty gradually flourished.
Many literati usually cherish their inspiration and write down the wonderful ideas that flash in their minds at any time. However, the recording tools such as letters and bamboo slips are too heavy to carry around and are not suitable for recording some temporary manuscripts. Therefore, scholars often record inspired poems on their clothes.
However, the improvement of papermaking technology means the increase of paper output, and more scholars can afford paper, which is helpful for document recording.
Tang poetry is inevitably influenced by other cultures during its development. Because the Tang Dynasty is an extremely open dynasty, the customs and cultures of other nationalities and religious cultures such as Buddhism, Buddhism and Taoism coexist harmoniously in the capital of the Tang Dynasty.
The progress of papermaking technology means that paper gradually occupies a more important position in Tang culture.
Therefore, the existence of paper is conducive to the spread of other cultures in the Tang Dynasty, and it is also conducive to the integration of other cultures and local cultures, thus making Tang poetry present unique characteristics.
In the Tang Dynasty, writing poems was not only an expression of the author's feelings, but also a tool for the poet to achieve his official career. At that time, poets could upload their works to powerful people to seek their favor.
If it is in an era when papermaking is still very backward, then poets must need a lot of bamboo slips to present their works, which is of course inconvenient to carry and not suitable for presenting to nobles.
This shows the role of paper in the development and dissemination of literature.
For example, in the Western Han Dynasty, Dong Fangshuo, a famous minister, put forward his own strategies to the Emperor Wu in order to win the favor of the emperor and seek official positions. At that time, papermaking was still very poor, and scholars were still recording their own documents with bamboo slips. It is said that it takes two young people to lift the letter written by Dong Fangshuo, from which we can see that paper has promoted the progress of literature.
Moreover, in the Tang Dynasty, most of the royal nobles descended to humble singers would recite poems, which was of course because of the popularity of Tang poetry in the Tang Dynasty.
But at the same time, we should also take into account the progress of papermaking in the Tang Dynasty, which promoted the spread of literary content such as Tang poetry.
With the rising momentum of literature in the Tang Dynasty, stimulating the improvement of papermaking technology in the Tang Dynasty is counterproductive. The talented woman Xue and her lover Yuan Zhen confided in each other through letters. Xue has extremely high requirements on the quality of paper, and specially hires craftsmen to improve the quality of paper. The development of literature in Tang Dynasty forced the further progress of papermaking technology in Tang Dynasty. Similarly, because of the prosperity of Tang literature, literati began to pay attention to the painting and calligraphy tools they usually used. Good works should naturally be made of high-quality paper, and works of different styles should be presented with different kinds of paper, so their attention gradually shifted to innovative paper. ? Xue Tao? This is a typical example. Xue Tao, a native of Xi, Shaanxi, was one of the four great female poets in the Tang Dynasty. She is as famous as Zhuo Wenjun, so she is a rare talented woman. Up to now, more than 90 poems have been circulated.