What are the advantages of carving a book over writing it?
Woodblock printing technology is a treasure of China's traditional science and technology culture, known as the "living fossil" of human civilization, and now it is a world-class "intangible" project. Yangzhou is the most complete and representative city in China where the traditional engraving printing technology is preserved. Engraving and thread-bound books have the fragrance of paper and ink and the charm of ancient style, which has attracted many fans to collect. It is reported that nowadays, woodcut books have become the darling of collectors, also known as "luxury goods of the future". The brush series of the new woodcut book sold more than half in less than 1 year. : China seal cutting boutique series "The new edition of the brush series is the same as the old edition. Yangzhou, as the birthplace of engraving printing in China, has increased the arrangement and collection of engraving. There are more than 200,000 ancient books of Ming and Qing dynasties in Shuangbo Museum alone. " These classic ancient books are of great cultural value. Printing them into books is self-evident, and the collection value is even more self-evident. "Because most of the existing woodcuts are made of wood, they will be eaten by insects or oxidized, and it is very difficult to preserve them, so the woodcuts of ancient books preserved so far will be destroyed." These plates are consumables, and no more than 200 pages can be brushed at a time. "So every time you print, the version is unique. The fine carving process is very slow, and a skilled craftsman can carve up to five or six crosses a day. The process is exquisite and delicate, and it takes a long time. It is precisely because of its purely manual and unrepeatable characteristics that its distribution is rare and precious. Hand-carved books are saturated in color and round in lines. They are works that condense time and painstaking efforts, and they are the witness of history. They have a "soul" and are worth collecting. In today's collection world, woodcut books have become a new favorite. These block-printed books, which inherit the ancient law, are well designed and have fine workmanship, and have rich literature value, collection value and academic value. Many people who specialize in collecting woodcut printed books think that "all of them are collectible history, and we buy woodcut books for collection." "