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  2. History of printing in East Asia - Wikipedia

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    A fragment of a dharani print in Sanskrit and Chinese, c. 650–670, Tang dynasty The Great Dharani Sutra, one of the world's oldest surviving woodblock prints, c. 704-751 The intricate frontispiece of the Diamond Sutra from Tang-dynasty China, 868 AD (British Museum), the earliest extant printed text bearing a date of printing Colophon to the Diamond Sutra dating the year of printing to 868

  3. China Printing Museum - Wikipedia

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    The China Printing Museum (Chinese: 中国印刷博物馆; pinyin: zhōngguó yìnshuā bówùguǎn) is a public museum dedicated to printing, located in Beijing, China. Established in 1996, the China Printing Plate Museum is the largest museum on printing in the world. [ 1 ]

  4. Crow Museum of Asian Art - Wikipedia

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    The Crow Museum of Asian Art is a museum in downtown Dallas, Texas, dedicated to celebrating the arts and cultures of Asia including China, Japan, India, Korea, Nepal, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Indonesia, Myanmar and the Philippines, from ancient to the contemporary.

  5. List of museums of Asian art - Wikipedia

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    China, Japan, Korea Crow Museum of Asian Art: United States Dallas, Texas 4,000 [11] Field Museum of Natural History: United States Chicago, Illinois 50,000 [12] Freer Gallery of Art / Arthur M. Sackler Gallery: United States Washington, District of Columbia 40,000 [13] Georges Labit Museum: France Toulouse Honolulu Museum of Art: United States ...

  6. The Nelson-Atkins Museum has a long history of Chinese art ...

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    In her book “The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art: A History,” Kristie Wolferman reports that in 1933, 1934 and 1935, “Sickman sent crate after crate of Chinese art objects to the Nelson-Atkins.”

  7. Bi Sheng - Wikipedia

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    Bi Sheng and his invention at the China Printing Museum in Beijing. Bi Sheng (972–1051) was a Chinese artisan and engineer during the Song dynasty (960–1279), who invented the world's first movable type. Bi's system used fired clay tiles, one for each Chinese character, and was invented between 1039 and 1048.

  8. Woodblock printing - Wikipedia

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    Woodblock printing or block printing is a technique for printing text, images or patterns used widely throughout East Asia and originating in China in antiquity as a method of printing on textiles and later on paper.

  9. History of Chinese Americans in Texas - Wikipedia

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    Texas has a Chinese American population. As of the 2010 U.S. census, it is 0.6% Chinese with over 150,000 living there. Many live in Plano, Houston, and Sugar Land.. After May 1869, a group of Chinese workers in the Western United States began moving to Texas, as there was a demand for labor in the post-American Civil War environment. [1]