Ukwenziwa kwamaphepha kwathuthukiswa cishe ngonyakaNgo-105 ADngeI-Cai Lun, owayeyisikhulu senkantolo yasebukhosiniUbukhosi bakwaHan(206 BC-220 AD).Ngaphambi kokusungulwa kwephepha lakamuva, abantu basendulo abavela emhlabeni wonke babhala amagama ngezinhlobo eziningi zezinto zemvelo ezifanaamahlamvu(ngamaNdiya),izikhumba zezilwane(AbaseYurophu mhlawumbe),amatshe, futhiizingcwecwe zobumba(ngabaseMesopotamiya).Abantu baseShayina basebenziseuqalonomaimichilo yokhuni,amagobolondo ofudu, nomaamahlombe enkabiukurekhoda izenzakalo ezibalulekile.Izincwadi ezibhalwe emigqeni yoqalo zazisinda kakhulu futhi zithatha indawo enkulu.
Kamuva, amaShayina asungula uhlobo lwephepha elenziwe ngosilika, elalilula kakhulu kunemicu.Leli phepha lalibizwa ngokuthi bo.Yayimba eqolo kangangokuthi yayingasetshenziswa kuphela ezinkantolo zombuso noma kohulumeni.
Ukwenza uhlobo olushibhile lwephepha olusetshenziswe uCai Lun amanikiniki amadala,amanetha okudoba,imfucuza ye-hemp,ama-mulberry fibers, futhiamanye ama-bast fibersukwenza uhlobo olusha lwephepha.Ukwenza ishidi lephepha, lezi zinto zazinjaloecwiliswe kaningi,wagxoba,wageza,abilisiwe,wahluthuka, futhibleached.Lolu hlobo lwephepha lwalulula kakhulu futhi lushibhile kunalolo olwalukhona ngaphambili.Futhi ibifaneleka kakhulu ukuthi ibhalwe ngebhulashi lesiShayina.
Indlela yokwenza iphephaukubhebhethekaemazweni ase-Asia aseduze, njengeJapan, Korea, Vietnam, njalonjalo.UkusukaUbukhosi baseTang(618-907) kuyaUbukhosi be-Ming(1368-1644), amasu okwenza iphepha aseShayina asakazeka emhlabeni wonkewaba negalelo elikhulu kuimpucuko yomhlaba,eceleni kokuphrinta kohlobo olunyakazayo.
Ukuvela nokuthuthukiswa Kwamasu Okwenza amaphepha nokuphrinta, okushiya amarekhodi amaningi abantu abavamile emlandweni futhi kucebisa ukuqonda kwethu umlando.Iphinde ibe nomthelela ongacimekiyo ekuphrinteni kweama-napkins ephepha aphrintiwe,amapuleti ephepha aphrintiwefuthiizinkomishi eziphrintiweephepheni.
Isikhathi sokuthumela: Jul-10-2023