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Xuan paper features great tensile strength, smooth surface, pure and clean texture and clean stroke, great resistance to crease, corrosion, moth and mold. The majority of ancient Chinese books and paintings by famous painters that survived until today are well preserved on Xuan paper. Xuan paper won
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The production of Xuan paper can be loosely described as an 18-step process, but a detailed account would involve over a hundred steps. Some paper makers have invented steps which have been kept secret from others. The process includes steaming and bleaching the bark of
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used for writing and painting. Xuan paper is renowned for being soft and fine-textured, suitable for conveying the artistic expression of both
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applied to the paper during production, which results in a stiffer texture, a reduced ability to absorb water, and less resistance to
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rather than Xieyi. Banshuxuan (literally "Half-ripe Xuan") has intermediate absorbability, between Shengxuan and Shuxuan.
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along with several other materials were subsequently added to the recipe, during the Song and Yuan dynasties.
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originally appeared as "Analysis of modern Chinese paper and treatment of a Chinese woodblock print" in
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the Golden Award at the Panama International Exposition in 1915. Xuan paper was used to make scrolls.
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The material Xuan paper uses is closely related to the geography of Jing County. The bark of
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Due to different producing methods, Xuan paper can be classified into
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also began to be used to produce xuan paper around that time.
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Technology, treatment, and care of a chinese wood block print
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Xuan paper was first mentioned in ancient Chinese books
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