Ever since the Han dynasty, as papermaking skills became
more widespread, people came to use a wide variety of
fibres to produce paper. Consequently, the quality of paper
steadily improved. This higher quality paper and its
increased production greatly helped the manufacture of
books. Due to the need to satisfy the constantly growing
social and cultural needs during the Sui, Tang and Five
Dynasty periods, the quality of books also improved, inaugurating
a new era in the production of ancient Chinese
books. Due to the rapid increase in the quantity and use of
books, people were no longer satisfied with the simple
scroll format that had evolved from wood and bamboo
slips. As people’s thinking became more liberated, many
new bookbinding formats were created. There was a great
flurry of ideas in bookbinding between the Tang and Song
dynasties. Proof of this lies in the many different book formats
in the Dunhuang collections. There are some booklets
within the Dunhuang collection that are considerably
different from the traditional Chinese book forms one can
see today. Since these books used hemp string for stitching,
works composed during the Song dynasty called this form
of binding Jengkui 縫繢.
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