The traditional bamboo paper is renowned both in China and overseas for its distinctive quality: resilience and smoothness are just two of its stand-out features. Although the techniques that brought this paper into being are created thousands years ago, a couple living in the mountains are keeping these traditional paper-making methods going right down into the present day. Their motivation? As they put it themselves, they simply “don’t want this heritage that’s been passed down from our ancest

Making paper, one of the four great inventions of ancient Chinese civilization along with printing, gunpowder and the compass, is a complicated process. In this video a farmer makes paper out of bamboo, illuminating the wisdom of the ancient Chinese for tapping into natural resources. #ChineseCulture #HandmadeinChina | Xi's Moments

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