【Historical Live Broadcast】Watching videos and being seen by our ancestors

[The production method of white cotton paper in ancient papermaking]

[A piece of soothing and quiet music accompanies the neat movements of a rural elderly man]

[Go up the mountain and peel off the bark of the paper mulberry tree and put it into the basket]

[Use a knife to slowly remove the outer surface of the paper mulberry bark]

[Tear the processed paper mulberry bark into long strips, put it into a stone jar, sprinkle with lime and pour in hot water]

[Cover it with a cloth and let it soak in the stone jar for two months]

[After soaking, take it out, wash it with water and drain the water]

[Wash the skin, tear it into thin strips and boil it in boiling water for two days and nights]

[After cooking, drain the water and place in the sun for seven to eight months]

[The oxidative action of ozone in the air changes the structure of lignin and pigments, achieving a bleaching effect]

[After drying, put it in clean water to clean the mud and sand, and beat it hard with a wooden hammer]

[Rinse the alkali in the wood ash with gauze and add it to the paper mulberry bark. The steaming of wood ash can increase the whiteness and purity of the paper, making the paper more receptive to ink. ]

[Alkali steaming overnight]

【Drain the water and select the second-grade skin】

[Use a wooden hammer to beat and pound paper pulp]

[Pounding to disperse the pulp fibers and facilitate paper forming when copying books]

[Put in gauze bag and wash]

[After washing, put it in a large basin of clean water and beat the pulp with a wooden stick]

[Take the carambola vine and beat it, put it in a small jar filled with clean water and squeeze out the paper medicine with gauze]

[Adding paper medicine to the pulp mixed with clean water]

[Paper medicine allows the pulp to suspend in clean water and then the paper will separate when you peel it off]

[Then use a wooden stick to beat the pulp]

[Gently place the papermaking container into the pulp to form it, take it out and press it flat with a heavy object]

[Press the paper to remove some water and paper medicine to make the paper flat and firm]

[Use your hands to gently peel off the paper placed on the wooden board to dry]

[The paper for writing was formed from this]

"Well, the mulberry tree is the most useless tree in our area. Because it grows very fast, its structure is very loose and it can't be used to make any furniture. If you cut it for burning or cooking, it's not strong enough and the fire won't burn well. So there's really no need to worry about damaging the environment by peeling it. This tree is very tenacious and often takes up space for good trees. When I was a child, my dad often had to patrol the mountains and cut mulberry trees, but there are still some."

"I will [eat melon]

Steps to make white tissue paper: Materials: Broussonetia mulberry bark. 1. Remove the outer skin, 2. Soak in lime water for two months, 3. Take out and wash, 4. Boil for two days and two nights, 5. Dry in the sun for seven or eight months, 6. Clean the mud and sand (beat with a wooden mallet), 7. Add alkali water and boil overnight (wash with ash), 8. Wash with clean water and select inferior bark, 9. Pulp, 10. Wash in bags, 11. Pulp, 12. Add paper medicine and mix well (carambola vine liquid), 13. Make paper, 14. Filter the water and overlap to make paper, 15. Press the paper, 16. Dry the paper.

"I want to study hard, just in case I travel back to ancient times and have a skill [dog head]"

"I passed by the pulp and papermaking major ~ It's very scientific. In fact, the beating is called pulping and beating, and the one on the water is called paper sheet forming, haha, the whole process is the complete papermaking process, peeling, washing, steaming, washing, beating, forming, drying... It's a pity that fewer and fewer people are learning our papermaking now, and one of the four great inventions is gradually unknown. I like this video very much, please accept my coins"

"After cutting so many branches and going through so many processes, we can only get a small amount of finished products. This makes us realize how difficult it is to read and write, how difficult it is to have a scholarly air, and how hard the ancients worked to improve themselves in that era when many sages emerged."

"I've learned it, and I'm waiting to cross over."

"I really admire these ancient people for figuring out such a complicated production process."

"Must-see video series for time travel"

Some dynasties that had paper found it uninteresting, boring and a waste of time, so they focused on appreciating music.

The dynasty without paper was overjoyed to find a treasure and immediately asked the painters and writers beside them to record it and submit it to the Ministry of Industry for experiment. The method of papermaking was laid out in front of them, and no matter how difficult it was, they had to make this paper!

Qin Dynasty.

After seeing clearly, Li Si immediately went into the palace to report to the First Emperor.

The Mohists and Gongshuists of the Qin Dynasty: I must firmly grasp this overwhelming wealth! I can't let my opponents snatch it away.

After seeing this, Qin Shi Huang looked forward to the progress of papermaking every day. If papermaking was successful, it would be a big step forward for the prosperity of the Qin Dynasty!

This sky dome is really a good thing, it is truly a good omen for our Great Qin!