Miao ancient paper "conquest" costume designer

Clothing designer Wang Hua talks about the ancient Miao papermaking process in Shiqiao Village, Danzhai County, Guizhou Province.

Enthusiastic reporter in front of the king of the dust, she just returned to Beijing from Stone Bridge Village.

She said that her goal is "to hope to attract powerful companies and jointly build Shiqiao Village into a world-class cultural tourism destination and push the ancient Miao paper into the world."

Wang Huan contacted Shiqiao Village Miao ancient papermaking less than a year ago, but has been between Beijing and Guiyang.

Although going from Guiyang to Shiqiao Village in Danzhai County, it is hard for them to take a bus ride. Because Danzhai County is constructing an expressway, the original road surface has been seriously damaged, but these cannot resist the enthusiasm of Wang Huan.

Examination of evidence experts, from the southwest of China's Shiqiao white paper production process has the traditional style of the Tang Dynasty paper, Miao ancestors of the Stone Bridge draw on Han's papermaking technology, making use of local rich Shangen and other production of white paper. Its ancient papermaking process flow is basically the same as that shown in Song Yingxing's book “Heavenly Creation” in the Ming Dynasty.

The white paper produced by the Miao villagers of Shiqiao is one of the papers used in Chinese painting because of its flexible paper, good finish, and long preservation time.

According to statistics, Shiqiao Village currently has 10 open-cooked clams, 10 open-air immersion pools, 36 paper rooms, 34 wooden presses, 40 papermaking troughs, 3 wood cribs, and 5 pedals. The old-fashioned papermaking process and tools were preserved in a large area and were included in the National Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection List in 2006.

According to experts, the greatest feature of this ancient papermaking method is its original ecology and no pollution. Although Shiqiao Village has been making paper from generation to generation, the Nanluo River, which flows through the S-shape around the village, is still crystal clear.

Imagine that "the ancient paper here is so unique." Wang Huan said, "I have invited some ancient French artists to come to Beijing for public display. I want to use the bird cages and ancient papers from the Kala Miao Village in Danzhai to make lanterns and charity. auction."

Dan Xianjin, mayor of Danzhai County, told reporters that in recent years, the ancient papermaking method of the Shiqiao Miao people has attracted many domestic and foreign tourists. At present, Shiqiao Village has established one papermaking association and two papermaking cooperatives. There are more than 30 households engaged in hand-made paper making.

Wang Xiuwu, an Miao and papermaker from Shiqiao Village, an 18th-generation ancestral ancient papermaking technique, founded an ancient papermaking professional cooperative and opened a “Miaojiale” engaged in tourism. The annual income is more than 600,000 yuan, which is the local income. One of the highest papermakers.

Long Xianjin said: "At present, the reception capacity of Shiqiao Village is not enough. We are planning to do tourism development and protection."