Flax paper

Flax paper

　　Baotou is rich in flax (linen), whose seeds are pressed into flaxseed oil, durable for lighting lamps or as lubricant. The stalks serve as essential kindling for residents. The peeled bark of the stalks becomes linen fibers. Paper made from waste materials such as old ropes and sacks is called flax paper.

　　Baotou’s flax paper is tough yet thin, and account books made from it stand as the finest testament to the city’s advanced papermaking industry. Some flax paper is much thinner than modern paper and does not bleed ink.