The historical value of gold-sprinkled paper

As a special material for court documents and artistic creation in the Qing Dynasty, gold-sprinkled paper embodies the highest level of papermaking craftsmanship during the Kangxi and Yongzheng periods. Its decorative style forms a technical lineage that corroborates the "gold paper" recorded in "Tiangong Kaiwu" and the "Gold Paper" described in "Zunsheng Bajian", providing solid evidence of the inheritance of traditional handcrafted papermaking techniques. The existing gilded paper relics of the Yongzheng period in the Forbidden City have completely preserved the original yellow silk binding and the cinnabar inscriptions of the inner court, providing physical evidence for the study of the management system of stationery in the Qing Dynasty's Neiwufu