In Xigaoshan village of Longnan city, northwest China's Gansu province, 13 families still pass down the thousand-year-old craftsmanship of making hemp paper. It takes 72 procedures to make paper from paper mulberry. In recent years, hemp paper has regained its popularity among Chinese painting and calligraphy enthusiasts due to its pliable, wear resistant and elastic qualities, which make the paper highly applicable for mounting.
Hu Yanpeng arranges the bark of paper mulberry. Hu, 25, makes hemp paper with his father. The paper mulberry all over the mountains and plains is a unique advantage of Xigaoshan village. "This is an ancient Chinese culture. I want to pass it on," he said. (Chinanews/Nanru Zhuoma)
Old calligraphy works on hemp paper kept in Hu's family. (Chinanews/Nanru Zhuoma)
A villager soaks the bark of paper mulberry in the stream.
After soaking, the barks are beaten into pulp.
Pouring the pulp into a pond and stir.
The pulp.
The photo shows the larger paper made by Liu. Villager Liu Zhihui improved the ancient paper making skill. After many times of experiments, he has successfully made hemp paper with longer side length.
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