Before Cai Lun invented papermaking, China generally used bamboo slips to record characters, while foreign countries generally used parchment, scallops and papyrus to record characters. As one of the four great inventions in China, papermaking not only brought great cultural wealth to the world, but also improved China's international status to some extent. Actually, the Western Han Dynasty appeared before Cai Lun invented papermaking? Paper? Cai Lun, the pioneer of papermaking, only improved the previous technology and invented papermaking.

0 1, European Parchment Speaking of the carrier of foreign records, I believe that people are most familiar with European Parchment. The history of parchment can be traced back to Ma Wenming, like? Parchment? These three words describe that parchment is made of sheepskin. If you want to make parchment, you need to soak the sheepskin in lime water first, then remove the hair and cortex marked on the sheepskin, and finally stretch the sheepskin by external force, so that you can get a parchment. It is worth noting that parchment products are particularly high, so in Europe, only nobles can use them.

02. laurel leaf in India In ancient India, laurel leaf was the most common carrier for writing. Laurel leaf originated in India, and its raw material is laurel leaf palm, which is especially common in India and Southeast Asia. Palm leaves are wide in shape, especially suitable for writing. As long as the palm leaves are processed by certain procedures, you can write on the palm leaves. But if you want to write on the laurel leaf, you need to carve it with an iron pen and then apply a layer of ink. Although this will make the writing process more troublesome, such words can be preserved for a long time.

03. papyrus of ancient Egypt. Obviously, papyrus paper is made by simply processing papyrus paper. Because the cost of papyrus paper is very low, this technology is not popular in Europe with the development of economy. However, with the continuous spread of papermaking in China, people all over the world gradually stopped using papyrus.