Where is the bamboo paper making skill in Sichuan

Bamboo paper making skill is in Jiejiang County, Sichuan Province.

Bamboo paper production technology is the traditional handmade crafts in Jiejiang County, Sichuan Province, is one of the intangible cultural heritage of the national level, the current bamboo paper production maintains the integrity of the traditional crafts to hand-scooped paper production, from the selection of raw materials to the finished paper **** there are 15 links and 72 procedures, the production process and the Ming Dynasty's "Tiangongkaiwu" documented in the process of the exact match, the production process is The production process is extremely complex.

Jiejiang bamboo paper process characteristics are more obvious, the raw material is based on young bamboo, the production of jiejiang handmade calligraphy and painting paper has a white and soft, soaked in ink, fiber fine, tough and flat, etc., by many praises.

Jiejiang bamboo paper production technology is more complicated, including soaking off the green, hanging bamboo hemp, sauce bamboo hemp, cooking bamboo hemp, washing material, the second boiling, splashing material, picking material, material pile, stone mortar pounding, washing, bleaching, pulping, copying, brushing and many other processes.

Historical origin and development of bamboo paper making technology in Jiejiang County, Sichuan Province:

The origin of bamboo handmade paper making in Jiejiang County was in the middle of the Tang Dynasty, and according to the records, in the 18th year of the Tang Tianbao period, a large number of craftsmen brought by Emperor Ming Huang of the Tang Dynasty brought the mature bamboo paper making technology of the two Jin dynasties to the middle of the Sichuan Province when he entered the Sichuan Province. By the Song Dynasty, bamboo paper production in Sichuan had developed rapidly, and bamboo paper produced in Jiejiang was widely used in the printing industry.

During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, paper-making technology in Jiejiang County had reached a considerable scale, and after the Qing Dynasty, the production of handmade paper in Jiejiang County further increased. According to statistics, as of 1939, the handmade paper produced in Jiejiang County *** had three series and more than 50 varieties. By the 34th year of the Republic of China, it reached its heyday, and the annual output could reach more than 8,000 tons.

After the victory of the war, the demand for handmade paper in Jiejiang decreased sharply, coupled with the impact of the mechanism of the paper industry, the production of handmade paper in Jiejiang fell into a trough. After the establishment of New China, Jiejiang paper industry went through a tortuous development, and by 1985, its production further recovered to more than 3,000 tons. So far, many new varieties of handmade calligraphy and painting paper have been created in Clip River County.