Jiangle Paper

Jiangle Paper

　　Jiangle Paper

　　Jiangle Paper, originally known as Qingsijiao or Kanglian Paper, is exquisitely crafted—smooth, delicate, clean, and bright, with few flaws and firm, snow-white texture. Renowned for its durability, resistance to breaking and insect damage, it enjoys the reputation of "a hundred years of life, purity like ice and jade." It is a premium choice for writing, printing, record-keeping, and mounting. For 200 years during the Song and Yuan dynasties, books published in the Masha edition were made using this paper. The Jiangle County Annals state: "Jiangle Paper was being transported and sold to regions such as Jiangyou and Huguang as early as the early Qing Dynasty." (i.e., present-day Jiangxi, Jiangsu, Hunan, and Guangxi) By the end of the Qianlong reign, paper supplied to the government was called "official paper" or "capital paper," which had strict quality requirements. In the early years of the Republic of China, there were over 500 paper workshops and more than 4,000 paper workers. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, individual handmade paper workshops gradually transitioned to mechanized collective production. Product quality also improved, with an annual output exceeding one thousand tons, and the paper became popular both domestically and across the Asia-Pacific region.