| There is controversy whether movable type printing | | | | made great impact on culture broadcasting, it still had |
| belongs to Korean. They looted our Dragon Boat | | | | obvious disadvantages. This situation made people |
| Festival, and said movable type operation, paper and | | | | transform the technology of printing. Therefore, Mr. |
| acupuncture were invented by them. As Chinese, we | | | | Bi invented movable type printing in the Northern |
| know that it is impossible. However, no matter what | | | | Song dynasty. Before the invention of this |
| will the controversy develop, we are still amazed at | | | | technology, Mr. Bi summed up the experience and |
| the inventions of the ancients. Next let me introduce | | | | experimented repeatedly. Therefore, the technology |
| one of this invention for you. It is movable type | | | | invented by Mr. Bi would improve the weakness of |
| printing. | | | | block printing and it became one of the four great |
| Movable type printing is one of the four great | | | | inventions in China. |
| inventions in China. It was invented after long time | | | | The use of this printing was flexible. Block printing can |
| practices of Chinese people. Since paper was | | | | print hundreds even thousands of books, but it |
| invented in Han dynasty, writing materials were much | | | | should prepare plenty of writing characters. What |
| convenient than before. Before Han dynasty, writing | | | | about movable type printing? It can avoid the |
| materials were oracle bone, bamboo for major, which | | | | weakness of the former. People just needed to |
| would waste time and resource. Around AD 600, | | | | prepare enough types and then it could print. What is |
| people took a hint from seal carving and invented the | | | | more, it could reuse and it was easy to keep |
| earliest block printing. | | | | because it just needed smaller space. From this point, |
| The principle of it was simple. People just needed to | | | | we know that it was better than block printing. |
| attach a manuscript paper to a thick and smooth | | | | Movable type printing improved the efficiency of |
| board. Carving workers cut away white space and | | | | printing. However, this technology did not earn |
| then characters came into being. During the work, | | | | respect of society and ruler. Even worse, this |
| people would spread ink on these characters, and | | | | technology did not popularize after his death, but it |
| then covered a paper on them. After that, people | | | | speared. That is the introduction of movable type |
| would brush paper with hands slowly, and then | | | | printing. Wish you have a deeper understanding of it. |
| writing would leave on paper. Although block printing | | | | |