Tang Hong Chou showed reporters that he made the bamboo newspaper
On June 26, Tang Hong Chou- Sichuan Jiangan folk artist received the first bamboo newspaper from Dongguan, Guangdong Province. This is a special gifts for "Dongguan Times" newspaper publishing.
This bamboo newspaper was 42 cm long, 23.5 cm wide, 0.19 mm thick, becoming the first inaugural issue of Dongguan Times newspaper on March 26,it has become the first truly significance of the bamboo newspaper in the world. it was the first batch of 200 limited circulation, the total quantity will be controlled of 2008 sheets, the sale price is 2,008 RMBY each.
It is understood that from September 2007, Sichuan's famous folk arts master Tang Hong Chou and his son went through many tests and failures, produced a set of the world's first bamboo newspaper at the end, this has aroused strong repercussions in the arts community and abroad. It was made of natural bamboo totally, to go through more than 100 kinds of processes, physical handling, It is so difficult thay it's almost a challenge of bamboo processing limits.
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