RMHACJJK–Box of hand-carved wooden movable type Chinese characters used to print a family genealogy at Dongyuan village, Ruian, China.
RFTD4CDC–Traditional Chinese movable type printing
RFR4Y5CM–Movable type
RFDH6Y8F–Chinese movable-type printing
RMCE9T4A–Ancient classical Chinese musical zither type instrument the zheng, also known as guzheng. Detail of strings and movable bridges
RMK1T56N–A woodcut portrait of the Chinese philosopher Confucius (Kong Qiu) from 'The Family Sayings of Confucius' printed in movable type in Korea in 1300 AD
RMW7R8M9–Chinese craftsman Xiao Shihua introduces wooden movable type printing to visitors in Zhulin village, Tantou town, Shaoyang city, central China's Hunan
RF2GJN8NA–Lead pieces for traditional printing on wooden shelves. Shuyuanmen Street-Xi'an-China-1564
RFBPXNAR–Revolving typesetting plate in museum
RF2J29831–Close-up of an old traditional movable type printing machine
RMRYGMTP–Samuel Dyer (1804-1843) of the London Missionary Society was a pioneering British Protestant Christian missionary to China who worked among the Chinese in Malaysia. Samuel's fourth child (of five), Maria Jane Dyer, would later become the wife of Hudson Taylor, founder of China Inland Mission.
RM2B02Y6F–Wang Zhen (Wade–Giles: Wang Chen, fl. 1290 – 1333) was an official of the Yuan Dynasty (1271 – 1368 CE). He was one of the early innovators of the wooden movable type printing system. His illustrated agricultural treatise was also one of the most advanced of its day, covering a wide range of equipment and technologies available in the late 13th and early 14th century.
RF2RJP4JT–A closeup of ancient thread-bound books with Chinese characters, movable type printing.
RM2A787PW–Jinan, China's Shandong Province. 30th Oct, 2019. Pupils of Xixian primary school experience the art of vegetation dyeing at Lubei intangible cultural heritage experiencing center in Wudi County, east China's Shandong Province, Oct. 30, 2019. The experiencing center provides a variety of intangible cultural heritage experiencing programs, including the arts of rubbing, ceramics, tie dyeing, paper-making and movable-type printing, aiming to promote traditional Chinese culture through immersive experience. Credit: Zhu Zheng/Xinhua/Alamy Live News
RM2RPH652–191031 -- JINAN, Oct. 31, 2019 -- Pupils of Xixian primary school experience the art of vegetation dyeing at Lubei intangible cultural heritage experiencing center in Wudi County, east China s Shandong Province, Oct. 30, 2019. The experiencing center provides a variety of intangible cultural heritage experiencing programs, including the arts of rubbing, ceramics, tie dyeing, paper-making and movable-type printing, aiming to promote traditional Chinese culture through immersive experience. CHINA-SHANDONG-JINAN-INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE-CENTER CN ZhuxZheng PUBLICATIONxNOTxINxCHN
RMH49WH4–Qingdao, Qingdao, China. 14th Oct, 2016. Binzhou, CHINA-October 13 2016: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY.CHINA OUT) Ruan Tongmin works in his studio of movable type printing in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, October 14th, 2016. Ruan Tongmin, born in a family of printing, is fond of studying on the industry of printing. He has collected hundreds of various printing machines and established a studio specializing on movable type printing, aiming to revitalize Chinese traditional culture of movable type printing. Movable type is the system and technology of printing and typography that uses movab
RMPCBM0W–9 Chinese movable type 1313-ce
RMJJMDYB–Bì Shēng, 990–1051. Chinese inventor of the world's first movable type technology. From Hutchinson's History of the Nations, published 1915.
RMD9886J–Wooden printing block with print on paper, Tibetan 18th-19th Century. Woodblock printing adapted from Chinese methods dating to 11thcCentury before the invention of movable type.
RMH8P7W1–A master trained in the art of Chinese movable type printing carves wooden characters at Dongyuan village, Ruian, China.
RFTBM1XR–Traditional Chinese movable type printing
RFR4Y459–Movable type
RMHACJFA–A master trained in the art of Chinese movable type printing carves wooden characters at Dongyuan village, Ruian, China.
RFTW347W–Movable type printing
RMH8P7TE–Close up, craftsman hands carving Chinese wooden movable type characters, Dongyuan Village, Ruian, Zhejiang Province,China
RMW7R8K2–Chinese craftsman Xiao Shihua puts wood typeheads into a plate for movable type printing in Zhulin village, Tantou town, Shaoyang city, central China'
RMRM8G94–. Annual report for the year ended June 30 .... United States National Museum. EXHIBITS 31 Chinese block book, a reproduction of some early Korean movable type, a page from the original Gutenberg Bible of about 1454, and a book from the press of Aldus Manutius dated 1505. Curator of graphic arts Jacob Kainen and exhibits specialist Benjamin Lawless supervised the hall renovation. Bright Springman designed the hall layout and special exhibit cases, and Mrs. Judith Borgogni designed the individual exhibits. The renovated textile exhibit in the south hall of the Arts and Indus- tries building was
RMRYGMTR–Samuel Dyer (1804-1843) of the London Missionary Society was a pioneering British Protestant Christian missionary to China who worked among the Chinese in Malaysia. Samuel's fourth child (of five), Maria Jane Dyer, would later become the wife of Hudson Taylor, founder of China Inland Mission.
RF2RJP4GG–A closeup of ancient thread-bound books with Chinese characters, movable type printing.
RM2A787PT–Jinan, China's Shandong Province. 30th Oct, 2019. Pupils of Xixian primary school learn the embroidery skill at Lubei intangible cultural heritage experiencing center in Wudi County, east China's Shandong Province, Oct. 30, 2019. The experiencing center provides a variety of intangible cultural heritage experiencing programs, including the arts of rubbing, ceramics, tie dyeing, paper-making and movable-type printing, aiming to promote traditional Chinese culture through immersive experience. Credit: Zhu Zheng/Xinhua/Alamy Live News
RM2RPH62G–191031 -- JINAN, Oct. 31, 2019 -- Pupils of Xixian primary school learn the embroidery skill at Lubei intangible cultural heritage experiencing center in Wudi County, east China s Shandong Province, Oct. 30, 2019. The experiencing center provides a variety of intangible cultural heritage experiencing programs, including the arts of rubbing, ceramics, tie dyeing, paper-making and movable-type printing, aiming to promote traditional Chinese culture through immersive experience. CHINA-SHANDONG-JINAN-INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE-CENTER CN ZhuxZheng PUBLICATIONxNOTxINxCHN
RMH49WGP–Qingdao, Qingdao, China. 14th Oct, 2016. Binzhou, CHINA-October 13 2016: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY.CHINA OUT) Ruan Tongmin works in his studio of movable type printing in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, October 14th, 2016. Ruan Tongmin, born in a family of printing, is fond of studying on the industry of printing. He has collected hundreds of various printing machines and established a studio specializing on movable type printing, aiming to revitalize Chinese traditional culture of movable type printing. Movable type is the system and technology of printing and typography that uses movab
RFR4Y73P–Movable type
RFTBTXK5–Movable type printing
RMHACJFE–Close up, craftsman hands carving Chinese wooden movable type characters, Dongyuan Village, Ruian, Zhejiang Province,China
RFTDG4WR–Traditional Chinese movable type printing
RMW7R5P9–Chinese craftsman Xiao Shihua puts wood typeheads into a plate for movable type printing in Zhulin village, Tantou town, Shaoyang city, central China'
RFTC1WH4–Movable type printing
RM2A787R1–Jinan, China's Shandong Province. 30th Oct, 2019. Pupils of Xixian primary school experience the art of rubbing at Lubei intangible cultural heritage experiencing center in Wudi County, east China's Shandong Province, Oct. 30, 2019. The experiencing center provides a variety of intangible cultural heritage experiencing programs, including the arts of rubbing, ceramics, tie dyeing, paper-making and movable-type printing, aiming to promote traditional Chinese culture through immersive experience. Credit: Zhu Zheng/Xinhua/Alamy Live News
RM2RPH63B–191031 -- JINAN, Oct. 31, 2019 -- Pupils of Xixian primary school learn how to make thread-bound Chinese book at Lubei intangible cultural heritage experiencing center in Wudi County, east China s Shandong Province, Oct. 30, 2019. The experiencing center provides a variety of intangible cultural heritage experiencing programs, including the arts of rubbing, ceramics, tie dyeing, paper-making and movable-type printing, aiming to promote traditional Chinese culture through immersive experience. CHINA-SHANDONG-JINAN-INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE-CENTER CN ZhuxZheng PUBLICATIONxNOTxINxCHN
RMH49WGX–Qingdao, Qingdao, China. 14th Oct, 2016. Binzhou, CHINA-October 13 2016: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY.CHINA OUT) Ruan Tongmin works in his studio of movable type printing in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, October 14th, 2016. Ruan Tongmin, born in a family of printing, is fond of studying on the industry of printing. He has collected hundreds of various printing machines and established a studio specializing on movable type printing, aiming to revitalize Chinese traditional culture of movable type printing. Movable type is the system and technology of printing and typography that uses movab
RFR4Y89M–Movable type
RMH8P7RJ–Tools of the trade, Chinese movable wooden type printing ink + brushes at Dongyuan Village, Ruian City, Zhejiang Province, China
RMW7R7GT–View of books printed by Chinese craftsman Xiao Shihua through movable type printing in Zhulin village, Tantou town, Shaoyang city, central China's Hu
RFTCRMHF–Movable type printing
RFTC3BTR–Movable type printing
RM2A787PB–Jinan, China's Shandong Province. 30th Oct, 2019. Pupils of Xixian primary school experience movable-type printing at Lubei intangible cultural heritage experiencing center in Wudi County, east China's Shandong Province, Oct. 30, 2019. The experiencing center provides a variety of intangible cultural heritage experiencing programs, including the arts of rubbing, ceramics, tie dyeing, paper-making and movable-type printing, aiming to promote traditional Chinese culture through immersive experience. Credit: Zhu Zheng/Xinhua/Alamy Live News
RM2RPH61J–191031 -- JINAN, Oct. 31, 2019 -- Pupils of Xixian primary school experience movable-type printing at Lubei intangible cultural heritage experiencing center in Wudi County, east China s Shandong Province, Oct. 30, 2019. The experiencing center provides a variety of intangible cultural heritage experiencing programs, including the arts of rubbing, ceramics, tie dyeing, paper-making and movable-type printing, aiming to promote traditional Chinese culture through immersive experience. CHINA-SHANDONG-JINAN-INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE-CENTER CN ZhuxZheng PUBLICATIONxNOTxINxCHN
RMH49WH1–Qingdao, Qingdao, China. 14th Oct, 2016. Binzhou, CHINA-October 13 2016: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY.CHINA OUT) Ruan Tongmin works in his studio of movable type printing in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, October 14th, 2016. Ruan Tongmin, born in a family of printing, is fond of studying on the industry of printing. He has collected hundreds of various printing machines and established a studio specializing on movable type printing, aiming to revitalize Chinese traditional culture of movable type printing. Movable type is the system and technology of printing and typography that uses movab
RFR4Y87P–Movable type
RMH8P7T7–Trays of hand-carved Chinese wooden movable type characters for printing, Dongyuan Village, Ruian City, Zhejiang Province,China
RMW7R62E–Chinese craftsman Xiao Shihua prepares to print through a wood typehead plate for movable type printing in Zhulin village, Tantou town, Shaoyang city,
RM2A787NM–Jinan, China's Shandong Province. 30th Oct, 2019. Pupils of Xixian primary school show their rubbing artworks at Lubei intangible cultural heritage experiencing center in Wudi County, east China's Shandong Province, Oct. 30, 2019. The experiencing center provides a variety of intangible cultural heritage experiencing programs, including the arts of rubbing, ceramics, tie dyeing, paper-making and movable-type printing, aiming to promote traditional Chinese culture through immersive experience. Credit: Zhu Zheng/Xinhua/Alamy Live News
RM2RPH60J–191031 -- JINAN, Oct. 31, 2019 -- Pupils of Xixian primary school experience the art of vegetation dyeing at Lubei intangible cultural heritage experiencing center in Wudi County, east China s Shandong Province, Oct. 30, 2019. The experiencing center provides a variety of intangible cultural heritage experiencing programs, including the arts of rubbing, ceramics, tie dyeing, paper-making and movable-type printing, aiming to promote traditional Chinese culture through immersive experience. CHINA-SHANDONG-JINAN-INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE-CENTER CN ZhuxZheng PUBLICATIONxNOTxINxCHN
RMH49WJG–Qingdao, Qingdao, China. 14th Oct, 2016. Binzhou, CHINA-October 13 2016: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY.CHINA OUT) Ruan Tongmin works in his studio of movable type printing in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, October 14th, 2016. Ruan Tongmin, born in a family of printing, is fond of studying on the industry of printing. He has collected hundreds of various printing machines and established a studio specializing on movable type printing, aiming to revitalize Chinese traditional culture of movable type printing. Movable type is the system and technology of printing and typography that uses movab
RFR4Y955–Movable type
RMW7R8JD–Chinese craftsman Xiao Shihua puts wood typeheads into a plate for movable type printing in Zhulin village, Tantou town, Shaoyang city, central China'
RM2A787NJ–Jinan, China's Shandong Province. 30th Oct, 2019. Pupils of Xixian primary school experience the art of vegetation dyeing at Lubei intangible cultural heritage experiencing center in Wudi County, east China's Shandong Province, Oct. 30, 2019. The experiencing center provides a variety of intangible cultural heritage experiencing programs, including the arts of rubbing, ceramics, tie dyeing, paper-making and movable-type printing, aiming to promote traditional Chinese culture through immersive experience. Credit: Zhu Zheng/Xinhua/Alamy Live News
RM2RPH617–191031 -- JINAN, Oct. 31, 2019 -- Pupils of Xixian primary school experience movable-type printing at Lubei intangible cultural heritage experiencing center in Wudi County, east China s Shandong Province, Oct. 30, 2019. The experiencing center provides a variety of intangible cultural heritage experiencing programs, including the arts of rubbing, ceramics, tie dyeing, paper-making and movable-type printing, aiming to promote traditional Chinese culture through immersive experience. CHINA-SHANDONG-JINAN-INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE-CENTER CN ZhuxZheng PUBLICATIONxNOTxINxCHN
RMH49WGN–Qingdao, Qingdao, China. 14th Oct, 2016. Binzhou, CHINA-October 13 2016: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY.CHINA OUT) Ruan Tongmin shows a movable component of movable type in his studio of movable type printing in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, October 14th, 2016. Ruan Tongmin, born in a family of printing, is fond of studying on the industry of printing. He has collected hundreds of various printing machines and established a studio specializing on movable type printing, aiming to revitalize Chinese traditional culture of movable type printing. Movable type is the system and technology of pri
RFR4Y41R–Movable type
RMW7R5D3–Chinese craftsman Xiao Shihua shows books printed by movable type printing in Zhulin village, Tantou town, Shaoyang city, central China's Hunan provin
RM2A787NT–Jinan, China's Shandong Province. 30th Oct, 2019. Pupils of Xixian primary school experience movable-type printing at Lubei intangible cultural heritage experiencing center in Wudi County, east China's Shandong Province, Oct. 30, 2019. The experiencing center provides a variety of intangible cultural heritage experiencing programs, including the arts of rubbing, ceramics, tie dyeing, paper-making and movable-type printing, aiming to promote traditional Chinese culture through immersive experience. Credit: Zhu Zheng/Xinhua/Alamy Live News
RM2RPH62F–191031 -- JINAN, Oct. 31, 2019 -- Pupils of Xixian primary school experience the art of rubbing at Lubei intangible cultural heritage experiencing center in Wudi County, east China s Shandong Province, Oct. 30, 2019. The experiencing center provides a variety of intangible cultural heritage experiencing programs, including the arts of rubbing, ceramics, tie dyeing, paper-making and movable-type printing, aiming to promote traditional Chinese culture through immersive experience. CHINA-SHANDONG-JINAN-INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE-CENTER CN ZhuxZheng PUBLICATIONxNOTxINxCHN
RMH49WGY–Qingdao, Qingdao, China. 14th Oct, 2016. Binzhou, CHINA-October 13 2016: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY.CHINA OUT) Ruan Tongmin works in his studio of movable type printing in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, October 14th, 2016. Ruan Tongmin, born in a family of printing, is fond of studying on the industry of printing. He has collected hundreds of various printing machines and established a studio specializing on movable type printing, aiming to revitalize Chinese traditional culture of movable type printing. Movable type is the system and technology of printing and typography that uses movab
RFR4Y480–Movable type
RMW7R8N3–View of a piece of paper printed by Chinese craftsman Xiao Shihua through movable type printing in Zhulin village, Tantou town, Shaoyang city, central
RM2A787PY–Jinan, China's Shandong Province. 30th Oct, 2019. Pupils of Xixian primary school learn how to make thread-bound Chinese book at Lubei intangible cultural heritage experiencing center in Wudi County, east China's Shandong Province, Oct. 30, 2019. The experiencing center provides a variety of intangible cultural heritage experiencing programs, including the arts of rubbing, ceramics, tie dyeing, paper-making and movable-type printing, aiming to promote traditional Chinese culture through immersive experience. Credit: Zhu Zheng/Xinhua/Alamy Live News
RM2RPH62E–191031 -- JINAN, Oct. 31, 2019 -- Pupils of Xixian primary school show their rubbing artworks at Lubei intangible cultural heritage experiencing center in Wudi County, east China s Shandong Province, Oct. 30, 2019. The experiencing center provides a variety of intangible cultural heritage experiencing programs, including the arts of rubbing, ceramics, tie dyeing, paper-making and movable-type printing, aiming to promote traditional Chinese culture through immersive experience. CHINA-SHANDONG-JINAN-INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE-CENTER CN ZhuxZheng PUBLICATIONxNOTxINxCHN
RMRNAA21–(190218) -- BEIJING, Feb. 18, 2019 (Xinhua) -- Children experience movable-type printing at a bookstore in Linyi, east China's Shandong Province, Oct. 2, 2018. Chinese readers, many of whom had switched to e-reading devices and online bookstores, are now flocking back to traditional stores as they are offering a wider range of new products. The Bookdao New Publishing Institute, a consultancy to the country's publishing and book selling industry, surveyed 62 chains and found that some 65 percent plan to open more than five new stores this year, and 18 percent of them will open over 100. T
RM2RP8555–(190218) -- BEIJING, Feb. 18, 2019 -- Children experience movable-type printing at a bookstore in Linyi, east China s Shandong Province, Oct. 2, 2018. Chinese readers, many of whom had switched to e-reading devices and online bookstores, are now flocking back to traditional stores as they are offering a wider range of new products. The Bookdao New Publishing Institute, a consultancy to the country s publishing and book selling industry, surveyed 62 chains and found that some 65 percent plan to open more than five new stores this year, and 18 percent of them will open over 100. There were 225,0
RMH49WK2–Qingdao, Qingdao, China. 14th Oct, 2016. Binzhou, CHINA-October 13 2016: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY.CHINA OUT) Ruan Tongmin works in his studio of movable type printing in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, October 14th, 2016. Ruan Tongmin, born in a family of printing, is fond of studying on the industry of printing. He has collected hundreds of various printing machines and established a studio specializing on movable type printing, aiming to revitalize Chinese traditional culture of movable type printing. Movable type is the system and technology of printing and typography that uses movab
RFR4Y8HF–Movable type
RMW7R8JW–Chinese craftsman Xiao Shihua puts wood typeheads into a plate for movable type printing in Zhulin village, Tantou town, Shaoyang city, central China'
RMH49WH3–Qingdao, Qingdao, China. 14th Oct, 2016. Binzhou, CHINA-October 13 2016: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY.CHINA OUT) Ruan Tongmin works in his studio of movable type printing in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, October 14th, 2016. Ruan Tongmin, born in a family of printing, is fond of studying on the industry of printing. He has collected hundreds of various printing machines and established a studio specializing on movable type printing, aiming to revitalize Chinese traditional culture of movable type printing. Movable type is the system and technology of printing and typography that uses movab
RFR4Y86T–Movable type
RMW7R6B9–Chinese craftsman Xiao Shihua prepares to print through a wood typehead plate for movable type printing in Zhulin village, Tantou town, Shaoyang city,
RMH49WGW–Qingdao, Qingdao, China. 14th Oct, 2016. Binzhou, CHINA-October 13 2016: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY.CHINA OUT) Ruan Tongmin works in his studio of movable type printing in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, October 14th, 2016. Ruan Tongmin, born in a family of printing, is fond of studying on the industry of printing. He has collected hundreds of various printing machines and established a studio specializing on movable type printing, aiming to revitalize Chinese traditional culture of movable type printing. Movable type is the system and technology of printing and typography that uses movab
RFR4Y9AM–Movable type
RFE7NH8G–Movable type print
RFE7NHW5–Movable type print
RMW7R8HY–Chinese craftsman Xiao Shihua puts wood typeheads into a plate for movable type printing in Zhulin village, Tantou town, Shaoyang city, central China'
RMH49WKA–Qingdao, Qingdao, China. 14th Oct, 2016. Binzhou, CHINA-October 13 2016: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY.CHINA OUT) Ruan Tongmin works in his studio of movable type printing in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, October 14th, 2016. Ruan Tongmin, born in a family of printing, is fond of studying on the industry of printing. He has collected hundreds of various printing machines and established a studio specializing on movable type printing, aiming to revitalize Chinese traditional culture of movable type printing. Movable type is the system and technology of printing and typography that uses movab
RFE7NCAC–Movable type print
RMW7R8KT–Chinese craftsman Xiao Shihua prepares to print through a wood typehead plate for movable type printing in Zhulin village, Tantou town, Shaoyang city,
RFEX6A7C–The invention of the ancient Chinese still life
RMW7R8J3–View of a wood typehead plate for movable type printing kept by Chinese craftsman Xiao Shihua in Zhulin village, Tantou town, Shaoyang city, central C
RFEX6A7F–The invention of the ancient Chinese still life
RFE7NGJ3–Movable type print
RFR06D33–Movable type
RFR4Y5BC–Movable type
RMW7R625–Chinese craftsman Xiao Shihua prepares to print a book through a wood typehead plate for movable type printing in Zhulin village, Tantou town, Shaoyan
RFR4Y7ED–Movable type
RMW7R6BK–View of a wood typehead plate for movable type printing kept by Chinese craftsman Xiao Shihua in Zhulin village, Tantou town, Shaoyang city, central C
RFR4Y8GC–Movable type
RMW7R8N2–View of a book printed by Chinese craftsman Xiao Shihua through movable type printing in Zhulin village, Tantou town, Shaoyang city, central China's H
RFR4Y56J–Movable type
RMW7R8K4–Chinese craftsman Xiao Shihua prints a piece of paper through a wood typehead plate for movable type printing in Zhulin village, Tantou town, Shaoyang
RFR4Y58R–Movable type
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