It is located at No. 889 Huijin Road, Qingpu District, Shanghai
This is the Chinese Printing Museum
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In China's five thousand years of history, Chinese characters have left a deep and colorful pen, and printing has made great contributions to the spread of the Chinese language. Movable type printing is one of the four great inventions of ancient China, Bi Sheng's invention, is a complete set of movable type technology, is the printing from time-consuming block printing into the era of efficient movable type printing mark, the invention of movable type printing is a fundamental reform in the development of Chinese printing. Bi Sheng's movable type technology has been widely spread, and he is recognized as the first person to use movable type printing, and has made great contributions to the cultural cause of China and the world.
A blank with the same specifications is made of clay, and the inverse single word is engraved on one end. The height of the word scratch is like the thickness of the edge of the copper coin, and it is hardened by fire to become a single mastic movable word. Encounter rare words that are not commonly used, if you are not prepared in advance, you can use them with the system. In order to facilitate the sorting of characters, the mastic movable characters are classified according to rhyme and placed on the wooden lattice, and the paper is affixed to indicate.
When composing, a framed iron plate is used as a base, on which a mixture of turpentine, wax, and paper ash is applied, and the necessary mastic movable type is sorted out one by one and arranged into the frame. When a box is filled, it becomes a version, and then it is baked with fire, and when the agent is slightly melted, it is flattened with a flat plate, and when the agent is cooled and solidified, it becomes a version. When printing, just brush the ink on the pattern, cover the paper, and add a certain amount of pressure. In order to be able to print continuously, two iron plates were used, one plate was brushed, the other plate was typed, and the two plates were used alternately. After the printing is finished, the torch is used to melt the powder, and the hand is gently shaken, the movable type can fall off the iron plate, and then the rhyme is put back in the original wooden grid for the next use.
Today, urban printing plants abound, no longer need to print the word one by one as in ancient times, we can not help but lament the progress of science and technology. However, printing is the traditional charm of our Chinese nation and the condensation of ancient wisdom. Used to machine code words today, a book open is the ink fragrance is valuable, each Chinese character is a charming picture for us. The solemnity of Chinese characters is not a fleeting fast food style, but a brushstroke to feel this kind of slow attitude, which is the seriousness that Chinese characters teach us, but also a unique Chinese romance.
