How to make a mini notebook
Prepare a piece of A4 paper and fold it in half. Then the two sides are folded in half to the middle, and then the whole body is folded in half to make a tear squat. Divide into four parts and cut with a knife. Sew the cut paper with needle and thread and tears. Cut the edge with a knife and draw a pattern on the outside to make a mini notebook.
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The word "Handbook" originated in Japan, and the Japanese dictionary defines it as: Handbook is a small notebook that you carry with you, recording all kinds of things you think, do and are afraid of forgetting. However, a manual account is not a simple notebook. It is a super manual that integrates work and rest time, life sentiment, reading experience, consumption income and expenditure, and even encyclopedia. It is equipped with exquisite hand-painted illustrations and will be decorated with colored tapes, stickers, seals, etc. The purchase price is also very close to the people.
If you want to invite a Japanese friend to go out for dinner or travel, the other person will usually take out a small notebook, turn to a page and quickly write down the agreed time and place. On the subway, it is often seen that someone takes out a small notebook from his bag to read or record. This kind of book is called a handbook. In the reporter's opinion, a notebook is actually a notepad.
Most manuals are equipped with calendars and pens, which can hold some business cards and pieces of paper. Different pages have functions to meet different types of requirements. For example, the housewife's handbook has a special place to post invoices to record their income and expenses and help them live frugally.
In Japan, men, women and children will carry hand accounts with them, take them out anytime and anywhere, and record them. Manuals are indispensable daily necessities for Japanese people. They not only have the function of memos, but also are important tools for planning life. Most of the manuals are beautifully made, and different pages have super sorting function to meet different needs such as work, study, life and travel. In Japan, there is even a saying that "the philosophy of hand accounts looks at life".
But in fact, people in ancient China had the habit of keeping handwritten accounts, which was called "calligraphy". As the saying goes, "a good memory is not as good as a bad writing." Later, I called this Japanese tradition "Handbook" and carried it forward, forming Japanese culture.