Gunpowder, papermaking, printing, the compass are four great inventions of ancient China is the Chinese people has always been proud of the great undertaking. In today's highly developed society, there Who would have thought far away from the city, in the big mountains encircling the small village went so far as to retain the traditional paper-making techniques and old movable-type printing technique.
Wenzhou City in Zhejiang Province, 18 kilometers south-west, there is a Mingjiaozeya place, this place is known as "West Wild Goose" is laudatory, with a total planned area of 286 square kilometers, the landscape in order to cluster waterfall, Bitan with stunning natural landscape as the Gap characteristics, with the simple village and into the old one, is the provincial-level scenic spots.
Osawa town car traveling in the southwest about 20 minutes, we came to a ring by holding a small mountain village. In a moving way, open the windows, will be able to smelt a foul taste of lime, and the roads can see many of the reservoirs, the water has become brown, in the car you do not see what is soaking Qingshuitang years. I do not know the reason why we have so many reservoirs, so you will take questions about the voyage to come here today to retain the most complete and most ancient tradition of paper-making technology, a small village - the town of the West Bank village of Shueiduei Osawa Village open the door, the first thing that catches your eyes is the question of Cangshan Kam surrounded by green bamboo, with a sense of ancient history of old houses. Perhaps you have seen it have been to Zhouzhuang Water Village of the old one, perhaps you have been to the descendants of Jinhua seen Zhuge Bagua Village, perhaps you have been to Hunan's Furong seen Wangzhuang Qing Han brick tiles, you may have been to ... ... but not as good as Shueiduei Hang old, old, Chen, not as Shueiduei Hang strong sense of history (I feel). Look at the homes set off in the woods, blooming with historical "vicissitudes of life," Look at houses quietly and tell old stories, you Look at houses Qiduan recounting the progress of civilization, you look at that stone Lvtai the wall, on top of gray tiles, window lattices on the bar, which is not the same as with the "modern" talk. Three of us have lost the car a playful look at, were where old stunned. We are along the mountain slowly toward the former, looking forward to record "information."
Zoulehenjiu, getting a lot of photos, we now want to share with locals about, want to know some of the local situation, Zennai language becomes an obstacle. Liren village were mostly small and the elderly, who listen to us are struggling, and we listen to their words can only understand a "Good-bye." Communication is difficult, the language barrier makes us worry, we entered the Menguan as we breathe. We continue walking, Zhuanguo Wan went to a family, this time all of a sudden people say hello to us, ah! I understand, and suddenly our eyes bright, as if from the inside what Menguan jumped out of the long rotten breath, really "failure looms and suddenly Another Spring," which. Say hello to us is a beautiful young woman, wearing a dark red dress, was in the room in front of origami, it is just press a good paper, folded up and is preparing to dry. We also stopped to continue with the camera, Kacha, Kacha constantly pressed the shutter. You can imagine in this ancient village, the language difficult to communicate in this environment, very few young people are more old people in this rare situations, we saw a beautiful girl who can communicate, which can do let us excited ? As if drinking a glass of pure Oasis.
Shutter stop here to continue with the language do not live here, too, had stopped. We asked a lot of things, when, out of a girl Congwuzili again, blue and white clothes, she asked: You do not want to take a look at fishing for paper? "Oh! Fishing paper?" We are surprised, "we'll take you go." Oh, good, and we followed behind the girls, walked down the hill. The way the girls told us about the local paper-making technology.
The original local paper still retains the Ming dynasty traditional techniques, most of the residents here have migrated from Fujian Province, people were brought advanced paper technology. Raw material is very convenient, cut off the mountains to cut bamboo, soaked in a lime water, (the traditional technique is to soak bamboo, exposure, decay, the whole process takes about four months now innovation) shortened the decay time , then Shueiduei (water-powered machines to boost the pound) will be broken up into to fine corrosion of bamboo (bamboo town motor will grind) into the water and finally picked up from the water will be to fine, it becomes a paper. Several hundred years have passed, this traditional technology is always Meidiu, many of the hands of the village workshops, made out of paper is used for most of the Buddhist's. Oh, now we understand, the original road to the stinky smell the flavor of lime is to soak bamboo呀. We followed the girl came to fishing the local paper, see an old people are fishing for paper, old people's movements are very skilled, natural and relaxed. We feel strange, but also eager to feel. After consent, we approached picked up the paper, seemingly easy to fishing paper done is indeed very difficult. Paper should also pay attention to fishing effort, movement speed, sieve screens in the water depth, especially when deliberately alienate sieve screens are the most see the effort. The three of us did a very energetically, but without a good paper, to remove and to a good paper really want to practice for some time.
Bid farewell to the elderly, where the two girls, accompanied by a small village and "swim" about to see a lot of papermaking workshop, as well as bamboo soaked in water. Then we hear, "Thunk, Thunk" sound, asking out found it was Shueiduei pulp in the pound, we Wensheng away, it really was water-powered, driven pounding machine.
Time long gone, the village of Shueiduei paper has also been a deeper understanding of Osawa areas hailed as paper-making techniques paper were descendants living fossils. Hiding in the clouds where the sun always refused to show his face in shortening the time during the day. We must bid farewell, and this time, I suddenly remembered something, he anxiously asked: Do you young people here, how so little? I saw the both of you. Girls with a smile, said: "Young people have to go out to go to work, and the village paper only elderly people do not earn much because of money, so both go outside, and a lot of people also went to your Shanghai went to it, we also is not in the village, today is a sick grandmother is precisely the Sunday we are back to the grandmother for giving the injection. "" You? "" Yes, we are a doctor Well, in Wenzhou city hospital, doctor. "
Bid farewell to the girl, we say goodbye to this ancient village Shueiduei.
Walking in the bridge, see a stone tablet, inscribed with a lot of names, was originally concrete road repair this list of donors. Were both in there, no matter how much money, and finally will not be forgotten is the home. Hopefully Shueiduei the village of papermaking can be good and have been retained.
Author: laohan
