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Block printing is a technique for printing text, images, or patterns that is widely used throughout East Asia.
It originated in ancient China as a method of printing on textiles and later on paper. Each page or image is created by carving a block of wood, leaving areas and lines to create the outline of the image; this is then dipped in ink and the image appears in the print. Carving the blocks requires skilled and laborious work, but a large number of images can be printed. Woodblock printing eventually led to the invention of the movable type printing press.
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A wood block printing used in the ancient times
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Woodblock Printing
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