The ancient Chinese technology of paper from hemp
Hemp fiber, bark, rags and remnants of fishing gear carefully milled and then placed in the water for an extended period of time. Next, soaked mixture is heated. Then it was thinly applied onto special plates and dried. Sheets after drying was used as paper for writing.
Everyone knows that the appearance of the paper we owe to China, but few have heard of Cai Moon, its inventor. Because of this discovery became possible to accumulate knowledge and save them, and then move the progress forward.
Modest fifteen youth who got into the palace of the Emperor of China in '75 as a eunuch Cai Lun in 105, he became an employee of the Imperial Court. Such an increase, he earned his hard work and ingenuity. It was in the year 105 Cai gave the governor a gift - a sample of fine paper from plant fibers. Ho Di appreciated the gift and thanked Lun, giving it the aristocratic title and put wealth.
Prior to this invention, in China it is written on silk, bamboo and rough paper made from hemp. Cai Lun invented another way. Under his leadership, hemp fiber, bark, rags and remnants of fishing gear carefully milled and then placed in the water for an extended period of time.
Next, soaked mixture is heated. After a thin layer applied to a special plate and dried. Sheets after drying was used as paper for writing.
Cai Lun was the author in the history of the invention. Soon talented court got involved in one of the palace intrigues, and in 114 he died by taking poison.
In China, Cai Lun believe deity paper case. In his honor, monuments, produced brands, calendars.