Generally speaking:
Raw rice paper is suitable for most calligraphy papers.
Cooked rice paper is suitable for small letters and fans.
Double Xuan, also known as Jia Xuan and Shuang Xuan, is relatively thick and suitable for writing large characters, that is, lists, especially lists over six feet.
Xuan paper knowledge:
■ According to the processing methods, rice paper can be divided into three types: raw rice paper, cooked rice paper and semi-cooked rice paper.
Health categories include Jiagong, Jade Edition, Jiege, Shan Cuo, Lian Mian and so on. Shengxuan is unprocessed, with strong water absorption and hydrophilicity, and it is easy to produce rich Mo Yun changes. By splashing and accumulating ink, the artistic effect of collecting water, blooming ink and emphasizing color is achieved. Used for freehand brushwork. Although Sheng Xuan's paintings are full of interest in ink, they are written immediately, and ink permeates quickly, which is not easy to master.
Cooked Xuan is coated with alum when it is processed, so the paper is harder than raw Xuan, and its water absorption capacity is weak, and the ink color will not spread when it is used. Therefore, the characteristics make cooked propaganda suitable for meticulous painting rather than ink freehand painting. Its disadvantage is that it will appear "alum leakage" or brittle crack when stored for a long time. Cooked Xuan can be reprocessed. Coral, mica paper, cold gold, wine gold, glutinous golden flower tendon and peach tiger skin are all reprocessed colored papers. Health promotion is highly absorbent. When writing with light ink, the ink easily penetrates and melts. It is relatively easy to write in thick ink. Therefore, when creating calligraphy and painting, you need to master the shade of ink to be handy.
Semi-cooked Xuan is also processed from raw Xuan, and its water absorption capacity is between the first two. Yu Ban Xuan belongs to this category.
■ Xuan paper varieties can be divided into three categories according to the proportion of raw materials: cotton, clean skin and extra clean; According to the specifications, it can be divided into four feet, five feet, six feet, eight feet, two feet and six feet. According to the thickness, it can be divided into flower tying, cotton picking, single announcement and clip announcement. According to the paper pattern, it can be divided into single silk road, double silk road, rib, turtle pattern, white deer and so on; In addition, there are raw and cooked ones, such as alum Xuan, cicada clothes, colored sprinkling gold, antique colored Xuan, watermark tiles and so on. * * * About 60 kinds.
Generally speaking, cotton refers to paper whose raw material is about 40% sandalwood bark, which is thinner and lighter. Peeling means that the content of sandalwood bark reaches more than 60%; The content of sandalwood skin, the raw material of special leather, is above 80%. The heavier the leather composition, the greater the tension that the paper can bear and the better the quality; The corresponding use effect is: the higher the proportion of sandalwood, the richer the ink layers, the better the ink moistening effect, and the more able to withstand repeated rubbing with pen power without damaging the paper surface. This may also be one of the reasons why cotton Xuan paper is mostly used for calligraphy and leather paper is mostly used for painting-it's not that you can't write with clean leather or special leather paper, but cotton Xuan paper can basically meet the needs of calligraphy (unless your calligraphy style requires repeated painting in the same place with a pen).