Old paper making: a historical cultural heritage
- By Jason Lee
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Deng Dingliang, Deng Xiuzhen's son. [Photo / chinadaily.com.cn] |
Deng Dingliang now earns about 40,000 yuan (US$6,660) a year from paper making.
His hands are paler than normal, because they are often soaked in water and bamboo pulp.
Making paper is a subsidiary business of the Deng's, as the family also makes money from planting rice and bamboos.
Deng Dingliang said there are more than 30 procedures in making the coarse paper. In April, he cuts the young bamboos, peels them and converts this into bamboo pulp in lime pools. Deng's mother and father, because of their old age, do some lighter work now. They are in charge of filtering out impurities from the bamboo pulp, and churning it to ensure it is fine enough for the task.
The dried paper will be stacked between two bamboo sheets that are tightly bound.
Deng Yizhu said the government should pay more attention to protect the old way of paper making as a historical cultural heritage. "Were it not for Shentan villagers' efforts in preservation, the old crafts, more environmentally friendly than modern paper making, would have been lost in Guangxi."
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