Main Types of Gold Leaf

Gold foil is divided into "red gold" and "gold". Since the late Qing Dynasty, it has been called "Kujin foil", "Su Da Chi" and "Tian Chi gold". "Kujin foil" is red in color, with the best gold quality and the largest sheet, about three inches square. "Su Da Chi" is pure yellow in color, with poor quality and the sheet is about two inches and eight points square. The light and whitish color is called "Tian Chi gold", and the color is like gold but is actually smoked with silver is called "selected gold foil". The Shang Dynasty gold foil crafts unearthed in Sanxingdui and Jinsha, Sichuan are very representative, such as gold foil tigers, gold foil phoenixes, gold foil frog ornaments, gold foil fish ornaments, etc.