During the early Han Dynasty wealthy people would write upon white silk but this was beyond the reach of the majority as the cloth was so precious.

在汉代早期，有钱人会写在白色的丝绸但这超出了大多数人的达到布是如此珍贵。

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One of the antithetical couplet, Han nationality traditional culture, also called couplets or pairs, is written on paper, cloth or carved in bamboo, wood, dual statement pillar.

对联，汉族的传统文化之一，又称楹联或对子，是写在纸、布上或刻在竹子、木头、柱子上的对偶语句。

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