Either way, hanging for a long time, due to the dry indoor air, calligraphy and painting works will generally appear ripple (roll) phenomenon, which needs to be rolled up and stored for a period of time, and then hung in the right season, which will solve some ripple problems. It looks flat and beautiful.
China's paintings and calligraphy are mainly made of silk or rice paper. Its material is thin, soft, durable and easily broken. In ancient times, in order to facilitate preservation and appreciation, several layers were mounted on the back of paintings and calligraphy with hemp paper and cloth, which was called "mounting".
Then gradually beautify, surrounded by thin silk fabrics such as silk, silk, etc., with one or more layers of paper on the back, and add necessary decoration, so that the original work is more solid, easy to stretch and hang, and meet people's viewing requirements. Therefore, mounting is a painting and calligraphy mounting technology developed with the development of traditional painting and calligraphy art.
Extended data:
China's mounting technique came into being with the history of China's painting and calligraphy. According to the historical data preserved today, mounting technology appeared as early as 1500 years ago, and there are detailed written records on the production of mounting paste, anti-corrosion, selection of mounting paper, decontamination, repair and yellowing of ancient calligraphy and painting.
Zhou Jia in the Ming Dynasty wrote Decorative Chronicle, and Tuesday Learning has a Corner in the Qing Dynasty, both of which are specialized works that systematically discuss China's mounting.
Mounting, also known as "mounting", "mounting pool" and "mounting back", is a unique technology to beautify and protect calligraphy and paintings and inscriptions in China. Mounting is also an art, as the saying goes, three-point painting and seven-point mounting shows the importance of mounting. Once the painting and calligraphy works are mounted, they have the feeling of Mo Miao and become a complete work, which makes people feel pleasing to the eye.
The method is to mount the back of the painting and calligraphy works with paper support, then wrap them with silk, silk and paper, then support them, and then install them into axes or layouts. The finished product can be divided into roll, shaft, book and sheet according to its shape.
The mounted calligraphy and paintings and inscriptions are easy to collect and decorate. A Record of Mounting in the Ming Dynasty, A Corner by Tu Xixue in the Qing Dynasty, An Introduction to Painting and Calligraphy Mounting in China by Feng in Modern Times and Painting and Calligraphy Mounting in China by Du Zixiong; They are all specialized works that systematically discuss painting and calligraphy mounting.
With the development of modern science and technology, China calligraphy and painting market appears machine mounting, which is mounted by high-temperature setting and chemical film pasting. The process of paste making is omitted, and the working efficiency is greatly improved. However, machine-mounted calligraphy and painting are not easy to uncover, renovate and repair, and calligraphy and painting with collection value should be carefully mounted with traditional paste as far as possible.
Baidu encyclopedia-zhuangbiao