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Fuli Village, Dengcun Town, Zhenshan District, Sihui City, China | China's No. 1 Folk Papermaking Village

Fuli Village, Dengcun Town, Zhenshan District, Sihui City, China | China's No. 1 Folk Papermaking Village


March 21, 2024 23:44 Guangdong



Fuli Village--Sihui City, Guangdong Province,Southwest of Dengcun Town


Fuli Village is China's No. 1 Folk Papermaking Village. Every villager is an expert in papermaking. The paper produced is called "Hui Paper" because of the place name of Sihui. Nowadays, Hui paper is mainly used to make "yuanbao", and it is famous for its "opening, full number, good color, and ash-dissolving" and is sold all over the country.


Ancient papermaking is famous


Deng Village's ancient papermaking industry has been developing since the Ming Dynasty,and has a history of more than 400 years.

Papermaking



Process



In the village, you can see bundles of bamboo in the lime soaking pool; you can see Hui paper drying on the tile roof and open space; you can see men cutting bamboo, peasant women copying paper, old people drying paper, and children loosening paper.


Artist Zhang Huangyuan


Locals call him "Uncle Ba", and he is recognized as a papermaker with superb papermaking skills. He is the 13th generation inheritor of the intangible cultural heritage of ancient papermaking.


He ignited the enthusiasm of young people for the ancient papermaking craft, helped nearby villagers to run family papermaking workshops, and made Bailong Fuli Village a well-known papermaking village.



Lotus Pond


Zhang's Mansion


The nine-step granite staircase leads directly to the gatehouse. The stone carvings on the gatehouse are set off by the thick black tiles, which looks simple and natural. A deep alley from the gatehouse leads directly to Qinglong Mountain




Zhang's Ancestral Hall



A corner of the world



Ancient Papermaking Exhibition Hall


Micro Book House


Village History Museum



Combined with New Rural Construction

Everyone works hard

Fuli Village, with its beautiful scenery, simple folk customs and civilized rural customs, has been listed as a demonstration site for creating an ecological civilization village by the Sihui Municipal Government.


The people of Fuli Village embody a sense of responsibility and commitment. What they inherit is not only skills, but also cultural concepts.


The world's oldest financial center---Dengcun Town, Sihui City, Guangdong Province, China

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