In which dynasty was printing technology invented?

Printing was invented in the early Tang Dynasty.

Printing is one of the great inventions of ancient China. Including block printing and movable type printing.

2. Modern scholars believe that the invention of block printing began in the early Tang Dynasty (7th century). Its history can be roughly divided into four periods: from the Tang Dynasty to the Five Dynasties, the invention and popularization of block printing; Song dynasty was its heyday, which was reflected in the obvious characteristics of book engraving. At the same time, some brotherly nations, such as Liao, Jin and Xixia, also have their own development in printing. Printing in Yuan Dynasty; Printing in Ming and Qing dynasties.

3. Movable type printing was invented in Song and Qing Dynasties, and developed into various movable type printing such as tin, wood, copper and lead in Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, among which wood movable type printing was the most used. From the early Tang Dynasty to the late Qing Dynasty, about 1300 years, block printing was the main method in China.

Engraving printing

1. Engraving printing is a method of engraving words on a whole board or other materials and printing ink on the whole board. Also called block printing, it is the pioneer of modern movable type printing. When did block printing begin? Scholars tend to think that it started around the beginning of the 7th century.

2. The Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms is a divided period in history, and the book engraving business is still quite popular. The greatest influence on later generations was that Prime Minister Feng Dao initiated imperial academy to engrave Confucian classics. From the third year of Changxing in the late Tang Dynasty to the third year of Guangshun in the late Zhou Dynasty, nine classics were engraved, which was the beginning of supervision. Wu Yu, the prime minister of the post-Shu Dynasty, hired someone to engrave Selected Works, Notes for Beginners and Nine Classics in Chengdu in the second year. The loyal and upright King Qian Hongchu of wuyue printed "Is everything like a secret relic?" Multi-volume printed Dalagni classics; It laid the foundation of Hangzhou sculpture in Song Dynasty.

3. The heyday of block printing is Song Dynasty. The characteristics of engraving books are: the central and local governments attach importance to it; Popularization of carving places; The engraving is rich in content; The printed fonts are beautifully wrapped in paper and ink.

be printed from type

1, movable type printing was first invented by Bi Sheng in the Northern Song Dynasty, which occupies a glorious position in the world printing history. Bi Sheng's invention is only found in Mengxi, Shen Kuo. Since Bi Sheng, some people have imitated clay type and porcelain type. Wooden movable type was used in Yuan Dynasty, and some people cast tin movable type. Copper movable type and lead movable type were popular in Ming and Qing Dynasties.

2. Wang Zhen, an agronomist in Yuan Dynasty, was the inventor of movable type printing. He asked craftsmen to make wooden movable type, designed a rotary typesetting frame, stored wooden characters according to rhyme, and worked out typesetting and printing methods. 1298 printed "Dade Jingde County Records", and wrote the whole set of experience into "Making Movable Type Printing Calligraphy", which was attached to the agricultural scroll for publication.

3. From the middle of Qing Dynasty to the end of 130, wooden movable type printing was popular in many provinces, with names such as split board and composite board.

From the early Tang Dynasty to the late Qing Dynasty, during the period of 1300, China mainly used block printing, and the movable type version was less than one tenth of that of block printing. After the Opium War, traditional block printing and old movable type printing were gradually replaced by western lithographs and letterpress printing.