The History of Paper and Paper Discovery

History collection - As we all know paper is a material that is thin and flat , which is generated by the compression of fibers derived from the pulp . Fibers used are usually natural , and contain the cellulose and hemicellulose .
Paper is known as the primary medium for writing , printing and painting , and many other uses that can be done with paper as the cleaning paper ( tissue ) are used for dishes , hygiene or toilet .
Paper was first invented by the Chinese . Tsai Lun was the one who found paper made from bamboo materials are readily available in China in the year 101 AD . The invention then spread to Japan and Korea along with the spread of the Chinese nation to the east and the development of civilization in the region , despite the fact that the way of making paper at first is very confidential
China notes about this Ts'ai Lun ( contained in the writing of the official history of the Han dynasty ) completely forthright and trustworthy , without the slightest smell of magic or fairy tales . Chinese people always connect the name with Ts'ai Lun inventor of paper and his name famous throughout China .
Not much is known about the life of Ts'ai Lun , unless there is mention he was a eunuch . It was also very excited with the emperor Ts'ai Lun , and he made ​​it up the ranks, and be knighted by itself so financiers . However , later he was involved in a plot that drags anti palace to his downfall . Chinese records mention - after he kicked - Ts'ai Lun clean bathroom , wearing a beautiful dress , then drank poison .
The use of paper spread across China in the 2nd century , and in just a few centuries China has been able to export paper to Asian countries . China long time secret of how fabrication this paper . In 751 years , what is immoral , some experts paper maker captured by the Arabs in a short time so that the paper is diprodusir in Baghdad and Sarmarkand . Fabrication techniques of paper spread across the Arab world and the new in the 12th century the Europeans learned this technique . The use of paper began to spread, and after Gutenberg invented the modern printing press , paper replaced parchment as a writing material in the West .
Now the use of paper is so general that no one could imagine how the shape of a world without paper .
In China before Ts'ai Lun, general books made ​​of bamboo . Just awful kind of book it was too heavy and clumsy . Indeed, there is also a book made of silk but the price is very expensive for the public . While in the West - before there was paper - books were written on goat or calf skin . This material as a substitute for papyrus favored by the Greeks , Romans and Egyptians . Both parchment and papyrus not only scarce, but also expensive .