Question

Explain about hand printing in China in detail. ​

Answer 1

Answer:

The Print system of China:-

• The earliest kind of printing system started in China.

• It included no usage of machines but was a system of hand printing.

• It was started from AD 594 onwards.

• The books in China were printed by rubbing paper against the surfaces of wood blocks.

• The wood blocks were carved into letters or the designs that was needed to print.

• The both sides of the thin porous sheet was not able to be printed.

• Only one side of the sheet was printed and then folded and stitched at the side.

• The first traditional book was the Chinese 'accordion book.'

• The Imperial state in China was the major producer of printed material.

• The Chinese bureaucracy recruited all its personnel through civil service examinations.

• For the civil service examinations, textbooks were printed in was number under the Imperial state.

• The hub of printing in China was Shanghai.

Answer 2

The character of Chinese painting, like that of Chinese calligraphy, is closely bound up with the nature of the medium. The basic material is ink, formed into a short stick of hardened pine soot and glue, which is rubbed to the required consistency on an inkstone with a little water. The painter uses a pointed-tipped brush made of the hair of goats, deer, or wolves set in a shaft of bamboo. He paints on a length of silk or a sheet of paper, the surface of which is absorbent, allowing no erasure or correction. He must therefore know beforehand what he intends to do, and the execution demands confidence, speed, and a mastery of technique acquired only by long practice. For example, to broaden the brushstroke, the painter applies downward pressure on the brush. Such subtle action of the highly flexible but carefully controlled brush tip determines the dynamic character of the brushwork and is the primary focus of attention of both the artist and critical viewers...☺️❣️