Classification of Xuan paper:
1. Classification by processing method
Xuan paper can generally be divided into Xuan paper base paper and processed paper.
Base paper of rice paper: After the last baking process, the paper properties (good or bad and ink color effect) of rice paper have been basically determined, and the finished paper that "does not affect the paper properties in the later stage" is the base paper of rice paper.
Processed paper refers to paper that is reprocessed on the basis of base paper, such as changing paper properties and visual effects-excluding "cutting only according to size", such as printing, alum, polishing, etc.
2. Xuan paper is classified according to the degree of inking on the paper.
Xuan paper is divided into raw Xuan, semi-cooked Xuan and cooked Xuan. Shengxuan has strong water absorption and hydrophilicity, and it is easy to produce rich Mo Yun changes. By splashing and accumulating ink, you can collect water and dilute ink, and achieve the artistic effect of leaving ink. Used for freehand brushwork. What students pursue in painting is this "changeable" interest in ink, which is determined when they put pen to paper, and ink permeates quickly, which is not easy for unskilled people to master. It is this magical variability that has attracted countless celebrities and masters from ancient times to the present, and has never stopped exploring in the pursuit of Mo Yun and change.
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, sprinkled 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.
The simple way to distinguish between raw propaganda and cooked propaganda is to dip paper with water. Health propaganda is the time when the water is dispersed immediately, and cooked propaganda is the time when the condensation is basically unchanged. Half-cooked propaganda (also called boiling hammer propaganda) spreads slowly.
3. Xuan paper is classified by raw materials.
It can be divided into three categories: cotton, skin cleansing and ultra-clean; Generally speaking, cotton material refers to the paper with raw material sandalwood bark accounting for about 40%, which is thinner and lighter; Peeling means that the content of sandalwood bark reaches more than 60%; However, the content of sandalwood bark, the raw material of ultra-clean skin, 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-not to say that you can't write with clean leather paper or especially clean 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).
4. Xuan paper is classified according to specifications.
Can be divided into three feet, four feet, five feet, six feet, eight feet, two feet, six feet; In recent years, two and three newly published announcements have entered the Guinness Book of World Records.
5. Xuan paper is classified by thickness.
Can be divided into flower binding, cotton splicing, single publicity, re-publicity, double publicity, two-layer, multi-layer and so on
6. Xuan paper is classified according to paper grain.
Can be divided into single silk road, double silk road, rib, turtle pattern, special watermark and so on;