Rui Anton source wood type printing press prepares to declare the world insignia

Zhejiang Province declared that the world class “Masterpiece of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humankind” project was established a few days ago. The wooden movable type printing in Dongyuan Village, Pingyangkeng Township, Ruian City was on the list. In addition, Legend of Liang and Zhu, sericulture customs, celadon production techniques, and the four treasures of Wenfang (together with relevant provinces) Joint filings, etc. are also among them. At the end of this month, the Zhejiang Provincial Department of Culture will submit these five projects to the Ministry of Culture.

The wooden movable type printing technique in Dongyuan Village, Pingyangkeng Township, Rui'an City is the only wooden movable type printing technique that is known to be retained and still in use in China. It is the best physical proof from movable type printing in China, and it can be called a living fossil of ancient printing. 800 years of history.

According to reports, wooden movable type printing is mainly used to print genealogy. The wooden movable type should be selected as a good pear wood, which can be used to make the pattern after being dried by the wind and natural drying. The old Song-style body is made into a single character pattern, and finally the printing is completed through multiple procedures such as word checking and typesetting. Dongyuanmu movable type printing completely reproduces the traditional art of Chinese movable type printing, and has a high historical and humanistic value.

According to relevant person in charge of the Department of Cultural Affairs of Zhejiang Provincial Department of Culture, at present, the application status of these projects in Zhejiang Province is severe. One is that five projects are already endangered, and no protection is likely to be lost. Second, project competition is fierce. As legends of Liang and Zhu, Jiangsu, Shandong and Anhui provinces are all competing.

In May 2001, UNESCO announced the first batch of “Masterpieces of Human Intangible Cultural Heritage” in Paris, France. Currently, there are Kunqu, Guqin, Xinjiang Muqam and Mongolia in the long term.