Archives record our journey
By Yang Yang | China Daily | Updated: 2022-08-26 08:27
The newly completed archives in Beijing are presenting exhibitions such as Inception of Chinese Civilization: Exhibition of Ancient Chinese Publications and Cultural Articles at the national study, alongside the Light of Truth: Classic Archives Exhibition of Marxism Localization and Modernization in China, over the three floors of the Wenhan Ge, and The History of Chinese Currency, The Craftsmanship of Printing and Chinese Stamps in the Wenxing Building.
In the Wenxing Building, the exhibition, The Craftsmanship of Printing, employs 100 precious artifacts to systematically display the developmental process of printing techniques in China, from a book's layout, to manufacture, design and restoration. The showcases contain many precious ancient books. One of them is a copy of a Tangut-script translation of Tibetan Buddhist texts.