As a traditional crafting skill which embodies the folk wisdom, Tantou handmade paper-making has many irreplaceable effects, such as inheriting and spreading regional culture, reposing national sentiments and so on. Under the background of the declining craftsmanship, we should combine productive protection with the “living” inheritance in order to achieve inheritance and innovation simultaneously, promote protection through development, and enhance the cultural and economic value of Tantou handmade papermaking, thereby truly protecting and passing down the traditional skills in the new era.