hú​dié​zhuāng

butterfly binding

Senses

蝴蝶装/ 蝴蝶裝 hú​dié​zhuāng butterfly binding

A style of bookbinding for ancient Chinese books, popular during the Song Dynasty, where printed pages are folded in half with the text facing inward and the folded edges glued together; the book opens like the wings of a butterfly.

References

see 包背装/包背裝 蝴蝶装/蝴蝶裝