The rice stuff. If papermaking is one of the “four great inventions of ancient China,” xuan paper represents its highest form. Originating in the Tang dynasty (618–907), xuan paper is crafted from the ...

However, Cai Lun, a Chinese eunuch in the Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220), greatly reformed the art of paper-making and has been regarded as the inventor of ancient paper and the paper-making process.

Even though the Naxi pictograph is still used by older people, few of them know how to make Dongba paper. The local government started to look for successors of the ancient paper-making skill in 1990.

Paper is one of the four great inventions of ancient China. A crude type of paper was used as early as the Western Han Dynasty, or about 2,000 years ago. However, Cai Lun, a Chinese eunuch in the ...

Paper is one of the four great inventions of ancient China. When Ai was 13, she first learned about Cai Lun, the inventor of the paper-making process during the Eastern Han (25-220) dynasty.

Experience the dedication and skill that continue to preserve this ancient craft, connecting history with the future of paper-making. Factory Wonders Posted: January 8, 2025 | Last updated: March ...

The ancient Chinese harvested the cocoons and boiled them in water to allow the threads to be unraveled. The Chinese kept the process of silk-making secret, which allowed them to be the sole ...

The origins of washi can be traced back to ancient China, where papermaking techniques were developed during the Han dynasty (206BC-220AD). A kimono-clad Japanese woman writes on a paper scroll ...