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==Features and materials== Chinese mounting and conservation techniques are considered a traditional craft and are believed to have developed around 2,000 years ago.<ref name=lee>{{cite journal|last=Lee|first=Valerie|author2=Gu, Xiangmei |author3=Hou, Yuan-Li |title=The treatment of Chinese ancestor portraits: An introduction to Chinese painting conservation techniques|journal=Journal of the American Institute for Conservation|year=2003|volume=42|issue=3|pages=463–477|url=http://cool.conservation-us.org/jaic/articles/jaic42-03-007.html|doi=10.2307/3179868|jstor=3179868|url-access=subscription}}</ref> This craft is considered an art unto itself.<ref name=sze/> Careful attention was and still is paid to ensure the quality and variety of the silk and paper to protect and properly fit the artwork onto the mounting, as it gives form to the art.<ref name=sze/> The art is fixed onto a four-sided inlay, made from paper or silk, thus providing a border.<ref name=sze/> The artwork in the middle of the scroll is called ''huaxin'' (畫心; literally "painted heart").<ref name=npm/> There is sometimes a section above the artwork called a ''shitang'' (詩塘; literally "poetic pool"), which is usually reserved for inscriptions onto the work of art, ranging from a short verse to poems and other inscriptions.<ref name=dillon/> These inscriptions are often done by people other than the artist.<ref name=dillon/> Although inscriptions can also be placed onto the material of the artwork itself.<ref name=wash/> The upper part of the scroll is called ''tiantou'' (天頭; symbolizing "Heaven") and the lower part is called ''ditou'' (地頭; symbolizing "Earth").<ref name=npm/><ref name=sze/> At the top of the scroll is a thin wooden bar, called ''tiangan'' (天杆), on which a cord is attached for hanging the scroll.<ref name=met/> Two decorative strips, called ''jingyan'' (惊燕; literally "frighten swallows"), are sometimes attached to the top of the scroll.<ref name=lee/><ref name=sze/> At the bottom of the scroll is a wooden cylindrical bar, called ''digan'' (地杆), attached to give the scroll the necessary weight to hang properly onto a wall, but it also serves to roll up a scroll for storage when the artwork is not in display.<ref name=lee/><ref name=met/><ref name=sze/><ref name=spielvogel>{{cite book|last=Spielvogel|first=Jackson J.|title=The essential world history, Volume 1: To 1800|year=2010|publisher=Wadsworth/Cengage Learning|location=Boston, MA|isbn=978-0-495-90291-1|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AxWLxjyOUooC|edition=6th|page=258|author2=Duiker, William J.}}</ref> The two knobs at the far ends of the lower wooden bar are called ''zhoutou'' (軸頭) and help to ease the rolling of the scroll.<ref name=lee/> These could be ornamented with a variety of materials, such as jade, ivory, or horn.<ref name=sze/> {{multiple image | align = left | direction = horizontal | background color = | total_width = 500px | caption_align = center | image1 = 元 唐棣 松溪歸漁圖 軸-Returning Fishermen MET DP235473.jpg | caption1 = (1) | image2 = 南宋 金處士 十王圖 軸-Ten Kings of Hell MET DP217404.jpg | caption2 = (2) | image3 = 元 倪瓚 秋林野興圖 軸-Enjoying the Wilderness in an Autumn Grove MET 1989 363 38 mtg.jpeg | caption3 = (3) | image4 = MET 52 177 15 (2014AT) label stip sf.jpg | caption4 = (4) | footer_background = | footer_align = left | footer = Elements of a hanging scroll: decorative strips known as ''jingyan'' (1, 2) at the top, attached and loose respectively; an inscription panel known as ''shitang'' (3) above the artwork; a rolled-up hanging scroll with a label strip (4) on the back and two knobs known as ''zhoutou'' (4) on the sides }}{{-}}
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