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Wooden movable type printing matrices discovered

www.chinanews.cn 2005-03-08 14:12:31

A well-preserved full set of wooden movable type printing matrices dating
from the Qing Dynasty (1616-1911) was recently discovered in an outlying
village in the mountainous area of southern Anhui Province. The set of
matrices is composed of outsize, large, medium and small-size characters
and various full-page printing blocks, stored in 52 large wooden boxes.
With a total of 28,976 wooden matrices, it is the most complete set of
wooden movable type printing matrices discovered. The set is currently
housed by the Yuan Quan Hui Culture Folk-custom Museum of Anhui Province.
The discovery of these matrices is of significant value to the study of
Hui culture.

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