This man, born in a village in southwest China’s Guizhou Province, leads a life that people from the outside can’t easily understand, but has a major significance. /VCG Photo

65-year-old Huang Shiguo lives on traditional Chinese papermaking and has worked with the same technology for some 36 years. /VCG Photo

The time-consuming and onerous process of making paper can help him earn 9,000 yuan (approximately 1,380 US dollars) a month. It’s obviously harder than the work of men working in air-conditioned offices but he enjoys spending time on his instruments. /VCG Photo

Soaking, cooking, rinsing bamboo shoots and turning them to paper pulp are the necessary parts of the 72 steps required to make a sheet of paper, which usually takes around 55 days. /VCG Photo

Huang said that each day he can produce 3,000 sheets of paper and he also added that paper produced with traditional craftsmanship looks whiter and is softer but is also more durable. /VCG Photo

Huang’s paper is sold in central and southern Chinese markets. /VCG Photo