WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Woodblock printing started in China in 593 CE. Traditionally, there have been two main printing techniques in East Asia: woodblock printing (xylography) and moveable type printing. In the woodblock technique, ink is applied to letters carved upon a wooden board, which is then pressed onto paper.

Detailed explanation-2: -Historians acknowledge that the Chinese invented xylographie (woodblock) printing between 712 and 756 during the great age of T’ang culture.

Detailed explanation-3: -When was the wooden block printing press invented? It came in 1048, and like all great innovations at the time, it also came from China. Bi Sheng, a common man and skilled woodblock printer, created movable type out of clay.

Detailed explanation-4: -As one of the Four Great Inventions in ancient China, movable-type printing technique was invented during the reign of Emperor Renzong of the Northern Song Dynasty (1041-1048 AD).

Detailed explanation-5: -By 600 CE, carved woodblocks were being used to print Buddhist religious texts, calendars, and calligraphy, or beautiful written words revered as an art form in China. Almost all early woodblock prints were documents.