Reblogged: Heritage Communities: Guizhou, China

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In small straw huts set along the river, men reach into cold pulpy water with large mesh racks, deftly picking up a thin sheet of pulp which they transfer to a stack of sheets.  They are making paper in Heshui village, as they have for over 600 years. 

The technology seems little changed: between the straw huts are brick and stone kilns, and wooden water wheels along the river bank are connected to wood mallets that help pound the wood pulp to prepare it for its transformation into paper.

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An interesting blog post on the Global Heritage Fun's work in Guizhou Province (贵州省) and their efforts to preserve living landscapes and traditional arts and crafts in a modernizing world.