中国是世界上最早发明纸的国家。造纸术的发明及其沿着丝绸之路的传播,使廉价、简便的纸张成为书写的载体。中国的造纸,与中国的养蚕缫丝有着很深的渊源。人们将蚕茧在竹席上反复捶打,残留在竹席上的丝绵或丝屑,形成一层薄膜,晾干后可用于书写。后来,人们用麻皮纤维为原料造出了最早的麻纸, China is the first country in the world to invent paper. The invention of papermaking and its spread along the Silk Road made cheap, easy-to-use paper a carrier of writing. China’s papermaking has a deep relationship with silk reeling in China. People will silkworm cocoon repeatedly beat in the bamboo mat, silk residue left in the bamboo mat or filaments, forming a thin film, can be used for writing after drying. Later, people use hemp fiber as raw material to create the earliest hemp paper,