Notes on the Six Classics of the Tang Dynasty and Annals of Hanlin both have green vine paper, white rattan paper and yellow rattan paper used for court and government documents in the Tang Dynasty, and each has its own uses. Lu Yu mentioned in the Book of Tea that tea is wrapped in rattan paper.
Volume 10 of Complete Tang Poems contains Gu Kuang's Song of Brush Paper, which describes the rattan paper of Brush Creek in Zhejiang, saying, "Brush Creek and Brush Paper as a brush vine, spray it with water, and make a banana leaf edge. If you want to write about Ren Jin's desire for gold, send it to a monk in Mingshan Mountain. "
The whole Tang Dynasty collected Shu's "Sad Tunxi Gu Teng Wen", and the author lamented that Gu Teng was cut off because of papermaking, which affected his growth. The growing period of rattan is longer than hemp, bamboo and bamboo, and its resources are limited, so rattan paper has been declining since the Tang Dynasty.
According to historical documents, mulberry paper and paperback paper have a long history, but the physical objects were rarely seen before the Tang Dynasty, and the paper gradually increased during the Sui and Tang Dynasties.
The Paramita Sutra of Sui Dynasty in Dunhuang Shishi is parchment, and the Lotus Sutra of Miao Fa is mulberry paper. The Supreme Secret Sutra and Paramita Sutra in the Tang Dynasty are also leather paper. In the early Tang Dynasty, Feng Cheng copied the dragon book "Preface to Lanting", which was also leather paper.
Volume 5 of the Biography of Huayan Sutra, collected by the monks of Chongfu Temple in Jingzhao, Tang Dynasty, also records the situation of writing sutras with paper. Bamboo resources are abundant in southern bamboo-producing areas, and bamboo paper is developing rapidly. Regarding the origin of bamboo paper, some people think that it began in the Jin Dynasty, but there is not enough literature and material evidence.