Its technical characteristics
Xuan paper has the characteristics of "tough and moist, smooth but not slippery, white and dense, pure texture, lossless rubbing and strong ink wetting", and has unique permeability and lubricity. Writing about bones and gods, painting about qi, has become a calligraphy and painting paper that can best reflect China's artistic style. The so-called "ink is divided into five colors", that is, it is completed in one stroke, the depth is dark, the texture is visible, and the Mo Yun is clear and distinct. This is the artist's artistic effect of controlling the proportion of ink by using the moistening property of rice paper, and the pen is slow and smooth. Coupled with aging resistance, no discoloration, less moth-eaten, long life, it has the reputation of "the king of paper and the paper with a thousand years of life". /kloc-won the gold medal in Panama International Paper Competition in the 20th century. Besides painting poems, Xuan paper is also the best paper for writing diplomatic notes and preserving high-level archives and historical materials. China handed down a large number of rare ancient books and the ink of famous painters and calligraphers, most of which are preserved on Xuan paper, and still remain the same today.
China rice paper standard size
Three feet fully open: 100 x 55
Three feet single: 100 x 27
Three-foot horizontal batch: 100 x 55
Three-foot couplet: 100 x 27
Three-foot bucket: 55 x 50
All legs are fully open: 138 x 69
Four-foot single belt: 138 x 34
Four-foot horizontal batch: 138 x 69
Four-foot couplets: 138 x 34
Four-foot barrel: 69 x 68
Four feet three open: 69 x 46
Four feet and four openings: 69 x 34
Four feet six inches wide: 46 x 34 inches
Four feet eight inches: 35 x 34
Five feet fully open: 153 x 84
Five-foot single: 153 x 42
Five-foot horizontal batch: 153 x 84
Five-foot couplets: 153 x 42
Five-foot barrel: 84 x 77
Six feet fully open: 180 x 97
Six feet three inches wide: 97 x 60
Six-foot couplets: 180 x 49
Six-foot barrel: 97 x 90
Seven feet fully open: 238 x 129
Eight feet fully open: 248 x 129
Eight-foot screen: 234 x 53
One foot and two feet: 367 x 144
One foot and six feet: 503 x 193
One foot and eight feet: 600 x 248
Both China's calligraphy and Chinese painting use Xuan paper. The size of China's paintings and calligraphy works actually refers to the size of the rice paper used.
Comparison and conversion of painting size Since ancient times, in the calligraphy and painting market transactions in China, the price is generally discussed according to the size of calligraphy and painting, that is, the unit of valuation is usually "square feet". However, due to the various forms of China's paintings and calligraphy, there is a certain conversion relationship between "shape" and "square foot". Understanding and mastering the conversion between this relationship will be very helpful for investing in famous paintings and calligraphy.