Developing from the traditional Chinese papermaking technique, the Dai ethnic papermaking has been kept in many places, such as Mangshi Village (Yongkang Town of Yongde County) and Mangtuan Village (Mengding Town of Gengma County)-both are in Lincang City.
Lincang is suitable for papermaking all the year round, and the main material is the bark of a kind of tree locally called "Man Sha"(Broussonetia papyrifera). The whole process includes: soaking, vapourating, pulping, filtering, and sunning etc.
Paper made in this way is tenacious, white and glossy, and can be kept for long time. Furthermore, because it is anticorrosion and insect-proof, it is widely used in many fields, such as packing foods and writing Theravada sutras.
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