What is Zhang Daqian's papermaking process?

Zhang Daqian, a native of Neijiang, Sichuan, is the most legendary master of Chinese painting in China. Legend has it that before he was born, his mother dreamed that an old man would send an ape into the house at night, so when he was 2 1 year old, she changed her name to Lin. After becoming a monk, his dharma number was great, and the world called him "the Great Monk".

On one occasion, Zhang Daqian invited his friend Yan Jiyuan to Shi Yanshan in Macun, Jiajiang County, and found Shi Ziqing, a big trough household. After carefully reading the composition and production process of the paper, he had a bottom in his heart and began to prepare medicine for new paper with Yan Jiyuan.

Two months later, Zhang Daqian took the prepared potion and asked Shi Ziqing to try new paper. The water resistance and whiteness of paper are better. But the fly in the ointment is that the tensile strength of this paper is not strong and it can't stand heavy pen.

After consulting several experienced paper makers, Zhang Daqian decided to add a small amount of hemp fiber to pure bamboo pulp. After two months' efforts, a new generation of paper was successfully trial-produced.

The new paper is as white as snow and as soft as cotton. Zhang Daqian has a preference for it. He personally designed paper curtains and patterns and named them "Dafeng Paper".

The curtain pattern of Xin Dafeng paper is slightly wider than that of Xuan paper. There are lotus leaf laces at both ends of the paper, and the dark pattern is moire, which is located four inches inward at both ends of the paper, and there are dark prints of "Shu Jian" and "Da Fengtang Producer" on one side.

Zhang Daqian * * * ordered 200 knives of Jiajiang new paper, 96 sheets for each knife, which was tried by Mr. Xu Beihong and Mr. Fu Baoshi and praised in unison. Since then, Jiajiang Paper has gained great fame.

Jiajiang hand-made paper began in the Tang Dynasty, and Jiajiang paper entered a prosperous period in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The paper output of this county accounts for about one third of the whole country.