Question

Explain the different stages of development of printing technology in china

Answer 1

By the seventeenth century, as urban culture blossomed in China, the employment of print diversified. The print was never again utilized just by researcher authorities. Vendors used to print on their regular day to day existences, as they gathered exchange data. 

Reading progressively turned into a recreation activity. The new readership favored anecdotal stories, poetry, collections of memoirs, anthologies of scholarly showstoppers, and romantic plays. 

Rich ladies started to read and numerous ladies started distributing their poetry and plays. Wives of researcher authorities distributed their works and mistresses wrote on their lives.

Answer 2

Explanation:

1. From 594 A.D. the books were printed by rubbing paper against the inked surface of woodblocks in china.

2. The imperial court also got many textbooks printed for the civil services examination.

3. By the 17th century urban culture developed in China. Merchants used print in their everyday life as they collected trade information.

4. Wives of rich men, scholars and officials also began to write their autobiographies.

5. In the late 19th century, the mechanical printing press was established.

6.Shanghai became a hub of the new print culture.