Naxi people and Shengwen demonstrated the strange Dongba papermaking technique at their home in Daju Township, Yulong Naxi Autonomous County, Lijiang City, Yunnan Province: they poured the pulp of a kind of moistening sweet potato plant growing on the snow mountain above 2400 meters above sea level layer by layer, and finally made a thick and skin like Dongba paper.
"25 pieces of Dongba paper can be exchanged for a sheep, which, together with hieroglyphs and Naxi ancient music, constitutes the main content of Dongba culture." Speak to the text. But just like many national intangible cultural heritage protection projects, this ancient Dongba Art is in danger of disappearing.
"Now, there are few people who can master papermaking and inherit this technology." And the text says, the eyes are full of worry. In addition to inheriting his ancestral skills, only a family named hezhiben in Shangri La County of Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture can pick up this folk skill originated in the middle of Tang Dynasty.
"Naxi people no longer like or disdain to make such paper. In addition, its raw materials are poisonous, and the use of Dongba paper is too narrow. It is only used for copying Scriptures or painting. " Speak to the text.
Zhao Zizhuang, former deputy director of Yunnan Provincial Department of culture and director of Yunnan ethnic and folk culture protection expert committee, said that many intangible cultural heritage projects in Yunnan are facing extinction. Although they have been protected in time, it is still unknown whether they can be inherited. A total of 34 items of folk culture and art in Yunnan were selected as the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage
Zhao Zizhuang said that more and more young people have alienated their own national art. They would rather work in larger cities than join in the cultural heritage of their own nation. The changes of the times also make these traditional arts vaguer and vaguer. He believes that local laws and regulations to protect intangible cultural heritage are an important channel to save the endangered national folk culture.