Everyone's attention was drawn to different things.
Some noticed the audacious line in the preface, while others marveled at the exquisite craftsmanship of the scroll. "This thing is made with long sheets of paper as its base, and the figures in the painting are truly exquisite..."
When they had first opened it, even they had been dazzled at a glance.
They had assumed it was nothing more than a simple scroll painting.
They had never expected it to reveal an entirely different world when opened. It was a book!
Shen Tang hummed, smugly saying, "This is Dragon Scale Binding."
The others asked, "Dragon Scale Binding?"
They wordlessly made way for her, and Shen Tang stepped forward to examine the Biographies of Famous Ministers and Scholars on the table. She nodded in satisfaction. "Dragon Scale Binding is made by pasting sheets of paper onto a backing sheet in overlapping rows, like scales! When it's closed, it looks like a simple scroll, but when it's opened, the pages flutter in the breeze! Because the leaves are arranged in overlapping rows like scales, this binding style is called Dragon Scale Binding. It's splendid, and much easier to read than ordinary bamboo slips. The only drawback is that it's a hassle to make, with a rather complicated process..."
At first, she had planned to use the most ordinary accordion binding.
But accordion binding required long sheets of paper. If the paper wasn't long enough, the sheets had to be pasted together, which wasn't very attractive, and it was also inconvenient for printing. As for traditional thread binding, it was easy to read, but each page had limited space, making it impossible to depict the figures in full.
After much deliberation, Shen Tang had chosen Dragon Scale Binding.
It was a modified version, too.
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