Cili County, Zhangjiajie City, Hunan Province, Wu Lei west side there is a brook, gurgling water walk through bamboo forest, winding down. Between water in the bamboo hut looming, is the paper mill. Based upon the traditional method of paper produced here, production processes, with a touch of bamboo incense, Wu Lei Shan by pilgrims of all ages. This is the old roof valley, located 48 scenic edge of the Village, by the upper and lower village, composed of the old shed. Cili County, Zhangjiajie City, on the case, under the Taoyuan County, Changde City. Shed the old valley plenty of water bamboo is rich in resources, paper craft from generation to generation, said to be traced back to the early Tang period. Most of the villagers here will be paper, more than 60 families are still paper-making workshop operates. Ancient paper-making process more complicated. Tender bamboo cutting back, to go through the peel, pickle, rinse, fermentation, milling, papermaking, press the paper, exposing paper, multi-channel process of drying paper. Shady villagers cleared 62-year-old, the family business over 10 years in the paper. He said the preserved bamboo called "Ma." Process skills are most concerned about, "papermaking", with Blinds probe into the pulp dissolved in water, reach for a smooth, lightly screen, the layer of bamboo stick together evenly. Series of actions must be very skilled, otherwise the paper will be uneven thickness, or even incomplete, thereby affecting the quality of the final paper sheet. The most trouble is the mortgage paper process, the local saying "There are women do not marry the old shed village between expose paper exposed to the middle of the night." Hard work can be seen mortgage paper. Old shed by the middle valley of paper is mainly used as incense paper. Thousands of years, Wu Lei mountains continued strong incense, incense paper to worry about making sales, as the villagers one of the most important economic income. Paper annual income specialized households in 3 million. But what is worrying is that all the paper-making workshops for young people in almost no presence. And continuous extension to the heart of the old cement shed valley road, it also brings new technology, has been drawing a lot of paper mill stone grinding to give up cattle, use motor smash "Ma." If the local government does not enhance the awareness of cultural heritage protection, perhaps in the near future, the old shed will be hard to see the valley in the ancient paper-making process was complete.

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