This paper analyzes the development of Zeya hand-made paper since the founding of New China, and probes into its possible reasons.

Hand-made Zeya screen paper has been widely used in folk customs, packaging, home and other aspects, and was once the pillar of the local economy. For hundreds of years, Zeya's paper farmers have sold gold mesh paper in the mountains for a year's food and clothing. After liberation, the people's government attached great importance to the production of screen paper, and successively established the "screen paper purchasing station" and the "Wenzhou area screen paper production and sales cooperation Committee" to promote production and sales. Recently, due to the rapid development of modern paper industry, the production speed and quality have far exceeded that of screen paper, and many markets have been lost. Now the rough yellow screen paper is only used to make firecrackers and ghost paper.

The development of the world is endless and ruthless, and the old things will be replaced by new things one day. The output of screen paper is not enough to support the family, so it is necessary to find a new way out for screen paper economy. However, gold always shines, and the significance of screen paper production in the new era lies in its cultural connotation.

There are many ancient papermaking workshops preserved in China, but most of them are repaired manually, or only a few remains are left for people to visit. Biological debris managed by Zeya is very rare, not to mention it has been integrated with nature and economy. The puddles, paper workshops, bamboo curtains for fishing paper, the hard work of paper farmers, mountains of bamboo and clear streams all reflect modern people's meditation on China's ancient culture. So an excavation of the cultural significance of Zeya Screen Paper began quietly. Zeya is seizing this opportunity to promote the development of local cultural tourism.

In June, 20001year, Zeya screen papermaking tool "Silian Town" was listed as the fifth batch of national key cultural relics protection units by the State Council. In 2006, Shuiduikeng Village and Huangkeng Village, well-preserved and typical ancient villages of paper culture, were listed in the third batch of provincial-level historical and cultural villages by Zhejiang Provincial People's Government. In 2007, Zeya papermaking technology was included in the second batch of provincial intangible cultural heritage protection list. On June 5438- 10, 2009, the only paper-making project of the National Compass Plan "China Traditional Paper-making Technology Inheritance and Demonstration Base Construction" was settled in Zeya.