How to distinguish between raw and cooked propaganda? What Xuan paper is used for calligraphy and Chinese painting?

Most of China's paintings in the Tang and Song Dynasties were painted on silk, and only after the Yuan Dynasty did a lot of paintings on paper. Silk is a kind of silk fabric, which is rarely used now; Modern painting mostly uses Xuan paper. Xuan paper is produced in Jingxian County, Anhui Province, and belongs to Xuanzhou in ancient times, so it is called Xuan paper. This kind of paper is made of sandalwood as the main raw material. Paper is soft and tough, white and elegant in color, beautiful in texture, smooth but not slippery, soft but not brittle. Xuan paper, with distinct ink layers and smooth rhyme, has always been regarded as a good product.

Xuan paper can be divided into raw Xuan and cooked Xuan. The cooked propaganda is treated with alum, and the ink is not easy to penetrate. Therefore, the painting is neat and meticulous, and can be repeatedly rendered and colored. It is suitable for painting green and colorful meticulous landscapes, showing a brilliant artistic effect. 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. Familiar with propaganda, it is easy to master ink painting, but it is also easy to have problems of fluency and stagnation. 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. Therefore, general landscape painters like to use semi-cooked Xuan paper, because it has both Mo Yun changes and is not too transparent, and it is easy to master rubbing, rubbing, tracing and dyeing, and can express complex and rich brushwork. This kind of paper can be made by yourself: dissolve a little alum in cold water, dip it in water with a brush pen and brush it evenly in health care, pay attention to the brush, and there can be no leakage marks. Concentration of alum water. To determine the degree of raw and cooked rice paper, you can touch some alum water on your tongue before brushing your teeth, which will have a slightly astringent taste. If it is too astringent, it will be cooked. Xuan paper is easy to break when wet, so it can be put under old newspapers. After brushing, you can take it down and dry it with the newspaper.

Xuan paper is more expensive, and it can be replaced by Korean paper in Northeast China, Jiajiang Xuan paper in Sichuan, Liuji paper in Jiangxi and lining paper in Shaanxi, Sichuan and Guizhou. They are very cheap, close to half-cooked rice paper.

In my opinion, it is best to use clips for calligraphy, half-cooked and half-cooked, and it is best to use Shengxuan in Anhui for Chinese painting, because it is handmade.