Long before the industrial age, four Chinese inventions reshaped the world’s future. Papermaking, gunpowder, printing, and ...

Paper's story spans millennia. Cai Lun in China invented it. Papyrus and parchment are different. Paper mills arose in Spain. Gutenberg's press boosted paper use. Handmade paper lasted long.

As Xuan paper finds renewed vitality in contemporary society, a new generation of cultural custodians is rising to safeguard its legacy. Thirty-year-old Cao Ping, a docent at the Xuan paper-themed ...

5 fast facts about Ancient China Around 3,000 years ago, people in ancient China used "oracle bones" — tortoise shells or bones inscribed with Chinese writing — to predict the future.

Object Details Author Zhongguo ke xue ji shu guan Notes Guidebook to a cultural exchange project, "China Ancient Traditional Technology Exhibition" sponsored by the China Science and Technology Museum ...