| Description |
Bản Paper is a very important material product that is used regularly in the lives of the Red Yao people. This type of paper is made from natural materials, without using chemicals.
Bản paper making techniques of the Red Yao in Viet Quang town is an elaborate process: choosing raw materials such as bamboo shoots (according to their own secret, choosing bamboo shoots from the end of January to the end of March of the lunar calendar), then soaking bamboo shoots, putting bamboo shoots in a soaking tank, soaking the tree to get the resin; putting raw materials in a coating tank, stirring the powder, coating the paper, pressing the paper, peeling the paper, drying the paper and finally collecting the paper, preserving...
The technique of making paper represents humanistic values, containing many professional secrets that demonstrate the meticulousness, spirit, intelligence and experience of the Red Yao community and clan in Viet Quang town. Bản paper making techniques of the Red Yao in Viet Quang town (Bac Quang district, Ha Giang province) was included in the list of national intangible cultural heritage by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism in 2018. |
