Cailun Paper Culture Museum

Paper is one of China's 'four great inventions' (the others being gunpowder, the compass, and the printing process), a thing that clearly demonstrates Chinese society's advancement. As Hanzhong was on the Silk Road, it should come as no great surprise that Cai Lun's paper was a good eagerly bought and sold along the route. But it didn't reach the west for some time. In 9th century China, people were using Cai Lun's technique to make toilet paper, whereas in Europe basic paper-making didn't even get a foothold until the 11th century. America got it in the 16th century.

All things considered, Cai Lun's tomb is a modest one. A few temple-like buildings and stone steles precede the grassy knoll, under which Cai Lun's body was lain.

People will bow and offer incense to Cai Lun, but people equally visit to explore the attached museum. A number of displays in halls offer details about his life and information about the paper making process which he created (in Chinese).