 The formation aid crucial to making hanji is the mucilage that oozes from the roots of "Hibiscus manihot".This substance helps suspend the individual fibers in water.Traditional hanji is made in laminated sheets using the "we bal" method (a sheet formation technique), which allows for multi-directional grain The process of creating hanji also employs "dochim", a method of pounding finished sheets to compact fibers and lessen ink bleed.