Handmade Paper Craft Expedition Qinyang Area

In Qinyang City, along the north shore of the Qin River Dong gao、Nie zhang more than a dozen village, The paper-making craft has been very prosperous, almost every family in the paper, is an important means of villagers living. in Qinyang, the current general use of mechanical paper, instead of the original traditional handmade paper. Handmade paper making technology in Qinyang area in 2013——Dong gao“Gao”ancient papermaking skill(code:15 VII—20)and Nie zhang bark of paper mulberry papermaking skill(code:14 VII—19)To become the fourth batch of intangible cultural heritage in Jiaozuo. Shut down more than 20 year later,handmade for paper craft region back to the public’s field of vision,Fully indicates the value of its research, should attach great importance to. About the process inspection,the main research from fouraspects.The skills of hand papermaking, through field visits and surveys, Finishing Dong gao“Gao”ancient papermaking skill in the preparation process, pulping process and papermaking process 12 process and Nie zhang bark of paper mulberry papermaking skill in papyrifera leather making process, scrap material preparingprocess,papermaking process 16 in the process. As part of the local characteristics of the paper has not been found, so through access to a variety of information combined with the old man’s oral, it was drawn.Comparison of the traditional handmade paper and machine-made paper, from different raw material, pulping, paper appearance, paper properties, different product categories and different oriented market, Make the public more clearly recognize handmade paper soft, tough, white, insect resistant mouldproof, preserved for a long time, ink embellishment excellent features.Pollution of the environment, The traditional manual papermaking process to comply with the creation of Qinyang area, using wheat straw as raw materials in the preparation process of papermaking; in pulping process using natural alkalescent process and bleaching process using natural bleaching process such as manual fishing paper basically no pollution. Mechanical paper is the opposite, because of discharge of waste water and soon, so the pollution of papermaking machinery large. At the same time, the idea of making paper is a reference for today’s environmental protection.Protection and inheritance, Qinyang area by hand papermaking craft, become the fourth batch of Jiaozuo intangible cultural heritage, encountered a lot of obstacles, the expansion of protection is not in place. In the full investigation on the basis, protection and inheritance of a handmade paper with reference to the former, recognizing that the protection and inheritance cannot be irrelevant, so from the point of view of advice. In particular, the government should take a comprehensive view of the overall situation, through the establishment of handmade paper fishing Museum, etc., to carry out the system of protection and inheritance.