The 81,352 Palman Daejanggyeong printing blocks withstood centuries of weather and harsh elements without modern temperature and moisture controls or heating ...

VietNamNet Bridge – Local authorities in the northern province of Bac Giang plan to build an exhibition room showcasing a valuable stock of nearly 2,000 wood printing blocks on Buddhist teachings.

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VietNamNet Bridge – Nearly 35,000 wood blocks used for rudimentary printing during the Nguyen dynasty era (1802-1945) are preserved at the National Archives Centre IV in the tourist city of Da Lat.

Editor's note: Wooden movable-type printing, one of the oldest printing technologies invented in ancient China, was inscribed on UNESCO's List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent ...

China's largest Tibetan sutra-printing house, located in Dege county, Sichuan province, will have its own museum to exhibit and preserve the centuries-old wooden printing blocks, local cultural ...

Two design houses in Bengaluru are striving to keep the traditional form of hand block printing alive Is it possible to pull out an old, drab piece of clothing sitting at the back of your closet, lay ...

This stellar debut from Grace and Jones, cofounders of the U.K.’s Indian Block Print Co., teaches readers the art of block printing, a centuries-old method of using wooden blocks carved with intricate ...

The famed wooden printing blocks of Pethapur, located about 7km from Gujarat capital Gandhinagar, has secured Geographical Indication (GI), meaning that it will get a distinct global identity and ...