The techniques of wooden movable-type printing are passed down mostly by word of mouth, which requires intensive training and usually offers low incomes.

When was beer invented? An important advancement to woodblock printing came in the early eleventh century, when a Chinese peasant named Bi Sheng (Pi Sheng) developed the world's first movable type.

One of the worlds oldest printing techniques, wooden movable-type printing is maintained in Ruian County, Zhejiang Province, where it is used in compiling and printing clan genealogies. Men are ...

Ancient Chinese woodblock printing, 1,800 years old, inspires new cell block printing technique for cancer, neuron, other animal cells ...

One of the world's oldest printing techniques, wooden movable-type printing is maintained in Rui'an county, Zhejiang province, where it is used in compiling and printing clan genealogies.

A groundbreaking discovery in the realm of ancient medicine has emerged from a 2,200-year-old tomb in southern China.

Ancient Chinese people were working hard to create the perfect recipe for making beer 6,000 years ago, scientists reveal. Nine Neolithic amphorae shards - used for transporting beer, wine and ...

Around A.D. 600, the Chinese invented a printing technique using wooden blocks with multiple words to press or rub texts onto paper. A few hundred years later they also developed movable type ...

A lively exhibition at Hong Kong’s Palace Museum explores the culture of feasting — including a centuries-old predecessor to Deliveroo ...