Question

how did new printing culture bloom in china​

Answer 1

• By 17th century, print was no longer used just by scholar officials. Merchants used print in their everyday life, as they collected trade information.
• Reading increasingly became a leisure activity.
• The new readership preferred fictional narratives, poetry, autobiographies, anthologies of literary masterpieces and romantic plays.
• Rich women began to read and many women began publishing their poetry and plays. Wives of scholar-officials published their works and courtesans wrote about their lives.