How did papermaking spread to other countries and regions?

Papermaking first spread to Korea and Viet Nam, which are adjacent to China, and then to Japan. Soon after Cai Lun improved papermaking, North Korea and Viet Nam had paper. All countries on the Korean peninsula have learned papermaking. Pulp is mainly extracted from hemp, rattan, bamboo and straw. At the end of the 4th century, Baekje learned to make paper with the help of China people, and soon North Korea and Silla also mastered the paper-making technology. Since then, South Korea's papermaking technology has been continuously improved. During the Tang and Song Dynasties, Korean leather paper was exported to China. During the Western Jin Dynasty, Vietnamese also mastered papermaking technology. In 6 10, Tan Zheng, a Korean monk, crossed the ocean to Japan and dedicated papermaking to Shoto Kutaishi, the Japanese Regent. Shoto Kutaishi ordered the nationwide promotion, and later the Japanese people called him the paper god.

China's papermaking technology also spread to some countries in Central Asia, and then spread to India through trade.

Papermaking was introduced to Arabia in 75 1 year. In that year, Gao Made of Tang Anxi led his army to fight against the army of the Arab Empire in Lu, and Tang Jun was defeated. Among the captured Tang Jun soldiers, there were paper workers who joined the army. At that time, Arabs did not have the habit of slaughtering prisoners, so the captured Tang Jun papermakers could make paper for Arabs. The earliest papermaking workshop in Arabia was built with the help of China people, and the papermaking technology was also taught by China workers. Paper-making technology spread to Damascus in Syria, Cairo in Egypt and Morocco in the 10 century. In the spread of papermaking, the spread of Arabs can not be ignored.

Europeans learned about papermaking technology through Arabs. The first European country that came into contact with paper and papermaking technology was Spain, which was once ruled by Arabs and Moors. In AD 1 150, Arabs established the first paper mill in Europe in Sadiwa, Spain. 1276, the first Italian paper mill was built in Montefalo to produce hemp paper. 1348, the French established a paper mill near Trouvat in the southeast of Paris. Since then, several paper mills have been established, so that France not only has sufficient domestic paper supply, but also exports it to Germany. Germany didn't have its own paper mill until14th century. Because Britain is separated from the European continent by a sea, papermaking technology was introduced late, and its own paper mill was established in15th century. Sweden established the earliest paper mill in 1573, Denmark started to make paper in 1635, and the paper mill built in Oslo in 1690 was the earliest paper mill in Sweden. By the17th century, every major European country had its own paper industry.

After the Spanish moved to Mexico, they first established a paper mill in the American continent, and Mexican paper making began in 1575. Before independence, the United States established the first paper mill 1690 near Philadelphia. By the19th century, papermaking in China had spread all over five continents.

The invention and popularization of papermaking had a far-reaching impact on the spread of world science and culture, and played an important role in social progress and development.

In view of the unhealthy trend of denying that Cai Lun was the inventor of papermaking and People's Republic of China (PRC) was the inventor of papermaking, 1990 The 20th General Assembly of the International Paper History Association held in Malmedi, Belgium from August 65438 to August 22 unanimously recognized that Cai Lun was the great inventor of papermaking and People's Republic of China (PRC) was the inventor of papermaking. According to the textual research of Comrade Shi of the Editorial Committee of Luoyang Local Records. Paper House is located in the suburb of Luoyang, the ancient city of Han and Wei Dynasties. It was called Paper House in ancient times. The ancient Majian River passed through a section of the Paper River, and the original paper river inscription along the coast has been lost.

In a word, papermaking spread along the route of Tang Dynasty-Arabia-Europe.