Lang shining biography of albert

Vocabulary of Chinese Traditional Art:

Xuan Paper
Name of a kind of rice paper made in China. It was first produced in Xuanzhou (now the Jing County of East China's, Anhui Province), hence the name of Xuan paper. The bark of Pteroceltis tatarinowii and straw are the main raw materials for producing Xuan paper. After maceration, the fibers are treated with lime, exposed to sunlight, bleached, and washed with starch. Prized xuan papers are cast by hand. They are fine, soft, resistant to insect damage, and their pure white color lasts long to retard absorption of the ink, they may be treated with alum. Where not otherwise indicated, the Chinese papers used for prints and paintings in the exhibition are on a variety of xuan paper.

Bamboo Slip
Tablets or slips made from bamboo (or wood) for writing in ancient China. It’s called slip if it’s made from bamboo, and called tablet if it’s made from wood. Slit used to be the general name, but now it’s often called bamboo slip. The writing tools of bamboo slip were Chinese brush and ink, and only one line of text can be handwritten on each slip. An article often included many slips. Upon the finish, the slips were bound by strings and rolled up for storage.  These rolls were the earliest form of

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