玉扣纸II

"玉扣纸为闽西北宁化一带的传统手工造纸。玉扣纸，因成纸温润如“玉”，“扣”，目前有两种解释，一为剥料之后的上好材质（竹纸纸品的一种类型），二为计量单位，等于现行的“刀”。 玉扣纸旧时为书写奏本、账簿、契约文书，印制书籍、族谱、经本、档案史籍之上品。二十世纪70年代，国家出版局专门调运此纸，印制《毛主席诗词》等线装大字本。二十世纪80、90年代，玉扣纸是宁化县对外贸易的传统拳头产品。2000年后传统手工纸业式微。"

“Yukou Paper” is a kind of traditional handmade paper in Ninghua, which is located in northwest of Fujian province. “Yu” means jade, because “Yukou Paper” is so pure，white and smooth, just like jade. Currently, there are two interpretations for“Kou”, the first one is the best part of bamboo after stripped. The second one is a measure word in the past, which equivalent to the “Dao”nowadays. In the old days, the Yukou paper was used to write memorials to the throne, account books, deeds, and to print books, genealogies, criptures and archives and historical books. In the 1970s, the State Publishing Bureau specially transferred this paper to print thread-bound large character edition books such as “Poems of Chairman Mao”. In the 1980s and 1990s, the Yukou paper was a fist product for foreign trade in Ninghua County，after 2000, the traditional handmade paper industry declined.