Revealing the ancient papermaking technique in Donggao Village, Qinyang City

　　In the yard of Gao Junliang’s house in Donggao Village, Qinyang City, which is tens of square meters, the 81-year-old Liang Junshi is skillfully using bamboo curtains to scoop up the pulp in the restricted pool, and carefully place it on the pavement beside him; the stone beside the restricted pool On the edge, 71-year-old Hu Gaosheng drove a blindfolded donkey around the stone to grind the rim; while Gao Junliang’s 77-year-old mother Wang Suhua was pasting freshly pressed hemp paper on a sun-facing wall in the courtyard ( Grass rice paper). Faced with what the old people were doing, Gao Junliang, who was standing by, introduced the ancient papermaking process to others, while arranging his hands and cleaning the stone mill, his face would show a solemn expression from time to time. Because he knew that this ancient papermaking skill was only done by local people over the age of 50, and in the entire Donggao Village, only a hundred people mastered this skill.

　　"There are very few people in the village doing hand-made paper now. It is not only a culture, but also reflects the diligence and wisdom of our ancestors. We must pass on this skill." Facing the current status of this ancient skill Question, the 56-year-old Gao Junliang, the 16th generation inheritor of Gao's ancient papermaking skills, said firmly.

　　Located at the foot of Taihang Mountain, Donggao Village, Xixiang Town, Qinyang City, Henan Province, has been famous for its ancient papermaking skills of Donggao "Gaoshi" for hundreds of years. The ancient papermaking technique is commonly known as "Laomao Paper", which is well-known in Chinese history. A traditional papermaking technology of Zhongyuan Dadi. Donggao’s “Gao’s” ancient method of hand-made paper has a long history and complex papermaking process. It has a long history of papermaking with one of China’s four great inventions, Cai Lun. It not only has a profound cultural heritage, but also all raw materials are plant raw materials. Breathable, moisture-proof, mildew-proof and anti-deterioration performance, especially by calligraphy lovers.

　　Rolling, hitting, twisting, beating, removing paper, pressing, drying, finishing...every process is the crystallization of the wisdom of the ancients. Using local medlar bark and wheat straw as raw materials, the raw materials are piled up in the pool to infuse and boil, then the crushed raw materials are rolled on a stone to form a rong, and then the crushed rong is placed in a cloth bag. Rinse and wash in the river. After washing away the impurities, pour the rang into a limited pool, add water and mix it into a paste, use a thin bamboo curtain to "pick" the wet paper out of the pool, and then use a pressure rod to moderately squeeze the water in the embryo to decompose it. , Put the stickers on the wall to dry, until the paper is dried and peeled off, the whole process is considered complete.

　　With the development of the times and the progress of science and technology, starting from the mid-1980s, the ancient papermaking method was gradually eliminated and faced with disappearance. The paper-making workshops that used to exist in every household have now disappeared. Some abandoned stone mills and abandoned ponds can be seen everywhere in the village. "Now that social productivity has increased, the ancient papermaking method has suffered severe economic impact, but this skill must not be lost." Gao Junliang said, as the inheritor, he would organize the elderly in the village to demonstrate the papermaking process to the young from time to time. In Gao Junliang’s “family workshop”, the twelve characters “protect inheritance, responsibility and obligation, pioneering and enterprising” were impressively posted in the courtyard, expressing his hope for this kind of culture. He also said that the ancient papermaking skills should be used. Develop towards the cultural industry, declare the establishment of an education base, and cooperate with local education systems to carry out cultural inheritance education.