Paper used for printing ancient books and writing with a brush. Made of bamboo fiber, light yellow in color, flexible in texture and strong in water absorption. According to legend, Jin Mao's book printing paper was specially made in Jiangxi in the late Ming Dynasty. Thick paper is called "raw edge" and thin paper is called "wool platform", hence the name. It is the most widely used handmade paper in the old days.
Because Jin Mao, a great bibliophile in Ming Dynasty, loved books and printed books on bamboo paper, he went to Jiangxi to order a large number of slightly thick bamboo paper and stamped it with "Mao" on the edge, so people used to call this kind of paper wool paper, which is still in use today.
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First, the origin of wool edge paper
Changshu people, building a museum, have a collection of tens of thousands of books, hundreds of books handed down from ancient times, edited and engraved Jin Shuji 15 episodes by themselves, all of which are old books before the Song and Yuan Dynasties. Before him, the paper used to engrave books was mostly made of cotton and could be used for a long time. Except for a few rare books, the paper used by Jin Mao is generally wool paper, so the books issued by Kikuko Pavilion in Shi Mao are very cheap, and almost all countries buy his books, which is all the rage.
Second, the types of selvage paper
The heavier selvage paper is also called "jade buckle paper". Cloth-like edge paper produced in Hengjiang, Jiangxi, also known as "heavy paper". Most of the products sold on the market now are "machine-made edge paper", which is very different from hand-made edge paper in texture and appearance.
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