The invention of movable type printing is a great technological revolution in the history of printing. Clay movable type invented by China in the Northern Song Dynasty (1048) and Bi Sheng (970- 105 1) marked the birth of movable type printing. He was the first inventor in the world, about 400 years before Johannes Gutenberg invented movable type printing. In Yuan Dynasty, Wang Zhen successfully created wooden movable type and invented wheel typesetting. In the middle of Ming Dynasty, copper movable type was widely used in Nanjing, Wuxi, Suzhou and other places in Jiangsu.
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20 10165438+1October 15 "movable type printing" was reviewed and approved by the fifth meeting of the UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee for the Protection of Intangible Cultural Heritage, and was included in the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Urgent Need of Protection on 2010. China's woodblock movable type printing was listed in UNESCO's intangible cultural heritage list on 20 10+0 1.
The list of intangible cultural heritage in urgent need of protection includes those whose viability is still threatened by the efforts of communities or groups. In order to include cultural heritage in the list, the countries concerned need to commit to a special protection plan and may get financial support from a fund managed by UNESCO.
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