Guiyang preserves traditional papermaking technology

Longjiao village is one of the few places in China that still makes paper in a traditional way. [Photo/Guizhou Culture and Tourism Department]

Tourists can experience the natural environment as well as historical culture such as papermaking technology in Guiyang, the capital of Southwest China's Guizhou province.

For more than 600 years, the village has inherited the technology. Each piece of paper is created using eight major processes and 72 minor processes.

Visitors can observe artworks sculpted and painted with paper by art and craft master Fang Cong at the village's Shuidongxiang paper art museum.

Fang Cong turns paper made in the traditional way into paintings. [Photo/Guizhou Culture and Tourism Department]