Dege Sutra Printing House
Mention it, we really good luck. Dege take the car to the driver 1 to the printing house by himself and walk around. And the accompanying driver is the brother-Dege local people on the head and face. We naturally have not been invited, openly cater to drivers, attendants, not only guide, you can easily take pictures.
One into the printing house, I felt, I came to an isolated place with the world.
Construction outside the body colors are very new, like a brush-off soon. Connect door is a corridor, at the end of a long, narrow courtyard surrounded by high walls on all sides. Standing courtyard looked up, the red end of the wall extension is a blue and pure days. Time seemed to have solidified here, 300 years of ups and downs, it solidified in this small piece of a long and narrow in between heaven and earth.
Entrance a small room where two elderly people in the deployment of red ink paste used painted red engraving. Mexican pulp in a large wooden tub, the elderly side of the sitting, stirring constantly with a wooden one, the other in a timely manner to add new material. Them this way, a single rhythm, day after day, year after year, from the beginning of that day begins, do not know when it will end.
Hall closed. Along the courtyard up the stairs, head-on is a whole row of cabinets. Walking in a high cupboard one between the windows shot came off the light would seem to be attracted to keep the room dark and heavy. Indian plate placed on the rows and rows of these cabinets, the cabinet has a label marked each grid. "Tengyur", "Kanjur" ... ...
Workers work in the middle place. Every year nearly 100 temporary workers will be employed as the printing work.
The Hall of about 20 group of people, each two people, put paper, to paper and ink, exposing paper, the ink to the engraving; release paper, to paper and ink, exposing paper, the ink to the engraving; release paper, to paper on the ink, exposing paper, the ink to the engraving; ... ... 2 seconds, a cycle of two seconds, a scripture.
Stand by and watch their work, I suddenly realized that it seems to be 20 machines in operation. That kind of speed, that kind of process, and the machine is no different. However, that kind of work, I do not know what those workers are feeling to do so with mechanical things, or no feelings. I have been watching them, they have never had sight I carried. Perhaps they have become accustomed to, and used to this kind of work, accustomed to such attention, accustomed to living under such conditions.
I do not know 300 years ago, is not so operating; I do not know 30 years later, will not retain such an operation. I only know that now, in this dark room, artisans who gathered in the place where the only light to mechanical work with, in order to daily food and clothing.
I stand here, I suddenly feel a little ridiculous. I took a digital camera with video capabilities, with a 20G storage capacity and an MP3-enabled mobile hard disk. I watched dozens of individuals to work with have been eliminated for decades or even centuries method. I do not know that these artisans is also included in the scope of these visits. However, for them, this is not a history exhibition, but a real life.
"Printing house in applying the World Heritage. Next to the future of these new houses are to be dismantled, only those older houses may be left behind."
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"If successful, there was cured. To those who will be more. Any hotels and restaurants can be built up, tickets have to close higher. ... ..."
Author: happylee
