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Living Heritage: Woodblock Printing
Delicate touches, carved onto wood, with ultimate precision. This is woodblock printing,【小题1】ancient printing technique that enhances human civilization.
As Buddhism was popular in China during the Tang Dynasty (618-907), there was a strong need【小题2】(produce) a large amount of Buddhist works, and copying by hand could not meet the 【小题3】(rise) demand. Ancient Chinese craftsmen thus came up【小题4】a novel way to mass produce printed works. Hence came the prototype (雏形) of woodblock printing.
Traditional woodblock printing can be divided into four major steps: writing, engraving, printing, and binding. With each step then sub-divided into several procedures, it takes【小题5】(rough) 30 steps to produce a woodblock print.
Carving lies at the center of woodblock printing as this step can make【小题6】break the final print. Characters and images【小题7】( carve) to produce【小题8】(raise) areas or lines that will eventually apply ink to paper. It calls for a pair of skilled hands. A five-meter-scroll of the Buddhist scripture Diamond Sutra, printed in 868, is the “earliest dated printed book” in the words of the British
Library where it is stored. It is not only one example of ancient works of art【小题9】tell the wisdom of our ancestors, but also is a witness to the pursuit of beauty by Chinese craftsmen throughout centuries.
The invention of writing gave life to great【小题10】(thought), but it is the invention of printing that made knowledge a shareable fruit for all humankind.
