The whole process of making Dongba paper

The whole process of making Dongba paper is as follows:

1, the treatment of plant leaves: the leaves of the plants picked are cleaned and dried for spare. It should be noted here that the choice of plant leaves is very important, you should choose natural plants that grow on the original, so that the paper produced will have better quality and characteristics.

2, cooking pulp: dry plant leaves into a copper pot, add the right amount of water, stir well with a wooden stick, and then boil for about 30 minutes. This process requires constant stirring so that the pulp does not bottom out or mush into chunks.

3, filter pulp: pour the boiled pulp into a cloth bag, gently squeeze with your hand to let the excess water out. Then pour the pulp into a large pot, add a pure water, mix well with your hands.

4, the production of paper: a wooden frame on a flat tabletop, the fine linen spread on the frame. Then pour the pulp into the wooden frame and gently stir it with a wooden stick so that the pulp is evenly distributed throughout the frame. The frame was then left to dry until the paper was completely dry.

5. Dyeing: Put the dried paper into persimmon juice, blueberry juice, charcoal powder and other natural dyes to soak. This process requires constant turning of the paper to ensure that the dye penetrates the paper evenly.

6. Drying: The dyed paper is left to dry until it is completely dry.

Introduction to the process

Dongba paper, as the name suggests, is the paper used for copying Dongba sutras. This kind of paper is thick, abrasion-resistant, insect-resistant, smoother and ivory-colored. After copying due to a long time in the burning fire in the house turned and smoked sake, will become bronze color, have the appearance of antique.

It is also a very magical thing: it is made of Lijiang haymow flower, a wild and rare alpine plant unique to the Naxi region, and is made through dozens of handmade crafts handed down by the Dongba family, which is the thickest of all the handmade papers in China, and is resistant to wear and tear. Among the traditional handmade papers in China, only the thick Dongba paper can be written on both sides. Because the Yao flower is slightly poisonous, the Dongba paper is resistant to insects, moths, and is preserved for an exceptionally long period of time, up to 800 to 1,000 years, and there is a saying in the Naxi folklore that Dongba paper has a life span of 1,000 years.

Origin of the process

Created in the Tang Dynasty (618-907 AD), more than 1,200 years of history. Created by the Naxi minority in Lijiang, Yunnan Province, it is made from natural tree bark and carefully processed by hand, and the craftsmanship is completely inherited from the Tang Dynasty.

Craft features

The paper is thick, coarse fiber, strong moth resistance, durable, preserved under natural conditions for nearly a thousand years and immortal, is the world's oldest and most primitive handmade paper, human handmade paper "living fossil" called.

Dongba paper craft

Dongba paper is the ancient Dongba special, used to write Dongba text paper. Its process is purely handmade workshop, only from this workshop of the Dongba text, is the original flavor, rich in charm.

Dongba paper invented by the ancestors of the teacher and Shengwen 300 years ago, homemade, lost more than 10 years later, and by the teacher and resumed the production of Dongba paper, and in the traditional basis of the development of painting and calligraphy paper, framing, high-grade business cards, embossed bookmarks, press the grass sealing the surface of the living Tibetan scripture paper and other series, it is a fine craftsmanship of the texture, the characteristics of anti-pests stationed at home and abroad, by the user's high praise.

Originally from nature, but also from nature, as the carrier of the Dongba text Dongba paper, its simple, esoteric, mysterious and Dongba culture together with the blossoming of strange colors. The national treasure is calling you, friends from afar.