Xi'anshi Qiliang Caihouzhi Museum

There are many types of paper, kraft paper, corrugated paper, boxboard paper, tea board paper, etc., with the maturity of modern printing, today's copper plate paper is also widely used. Have you ever seen panda paper made with panda 🐼💩? This can have some bamboo fragrance more than ordinary paper. In the Qiliang Caihou Paper Museum in Chang'an District, Xi'an, I witnessed the life of paper. From the historical origin of papermaking to the changes of papermaking in Qiliang Village, to the development and evolution of paper. Not only is there a field explanation of papermaking knowledge, tourists can participate in and experience the process of papermaking. This is a traditional paper made by hand, pure natural without adding, and the air also exudes a faint fragrance of leaves. Write the word does not print, ink absorption is moderate, painting the brush is not scattered, thick and light, preservation time is longer. Ancient "shuxiangmen", it is also from this.

Papermaking is one of the four major inventions of China. Before that, people wrote or carved on bamboo pieces, compiled into a book, which is called silk paper, but because silk is too expensive, bamboo is too bulky and not easy to use, so Cailun made paper with bark, hemp head, and rags, fish nets. Yu Yuanxing played the emperor in the first year, the emperor praised his talent, widely used, people called his paper "Cai Hou paper". According to the "Zhou Zhixian Zhi" record, as early as the Ming Dynasty, Qiliang Village was famous for papermaking in the country, which is the hometown of the four ancient inventions of papermaking, and has been used for papermaking for generations since Han. Qiliangcun ancient papermaking technology, completely follow the Cailun papermaking process of the year, using eucalyptus bark as raw material, after 36 major processes, hand-refined paper, known as papermaking "living fossil". Eel trees, alias structure trees, wolfwoods, walnuts, etc., for deciduous trees, with fast growth, fast reproduction, adaptability characteristics, in the south and north of China are distributed. Eel trees endocortex fibers are long and soft, strong moisture absorption, is a good material for papermaking. The paper began to be produced in large quantities in the Sui Dynasty. The word "skull" in the Kangxi dictionary also represents the meaning of paper. The production process of Qiliang Caihou paper covers 36 major processes and 72 small processes, which are cumbersome and closely interlocked. For example, peeling, soaking, steaming, stepping on skin, picking skin, cutting skin, cutting, cutting, cutting, pounding, pulping, drying paper, etc., each process has strict operating specifications, and a little poor pool cannot be produced. So there is a craftsman spirit of "although the process is complicated, you must not dare to save labor". Qiliang Caihou paper color white, thin bright, strong, no hair, no printing, ink absorption, is the best quality of calligraphy painting, the preservation of the millennium is still intact, so there is a "paper life for a millennium". At the same time, the museum also actively innovates. On the basis of inheriting traditional technology, the research and development of panda feces produced panda paper and the faint fragrance of grass paper. It not only inherits Cailun papermaking, but also lets more people learn about the art of ancient papermaking through papermaking. Experience the wisdom of the ancients. In 2020, Zhou Zhiqiliangcun Ancient Law Papermaking Technology, Xi'an Qiliang Caihou Paper Museum, was selected as the first batch of Xi'an Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Center licensed to make an appointment for the first batch of Xi'an Intangible Cultural Heritage Booking Experience Points. If you are also interested in ancient law papermaking, you may as well come here. Learn and experience the unique charm of ancient papermaking "living fossils". #Private treasures around the city