A re-examination of the artifacts and research pertaining to woodblock printing reveals that The Great Dharani Sutra of Immaculate and Pure Light(Mugujeonggwang Daedaranigyeong 无垢净光大陀罗尼经) in the Seokgatap Pag...A re-examination of the artifacts and research pertaining to woodblock printing reveals that The Great Dharani Sutra of Immaculate and Pure Light(Mugujeonggwang Daedaranigyeong 无垢净光大陀罗尼经) in the Seokgatap Pagoda at the Bulguksa Temple, Gyeongju, South Korea unlikely originated in Korea and therefore cannot corroborate the claim that Korea is the birthplace of woodblock printing. It can be inferred from the earliest woodblock-printed Dharani sutra, dating from the Tang dynasty, that printing was invented no earlier than Emperor Xuanzong’s Kaiyuan era(713–741). The most significant social factor for the invention of woodblock printing is the transmission of Yoga Esotericism from India to China, where it prevailed and prompted the evolution of duplicating sutras from separate-plate stamping to woodblock printing using a whole block and from the Sanskrit prints to the Chinese ones.展开更多
While the rising sun shines over each and every household/People would put up new peach wood charm for the old.These two poetic lines describe how people replace old woodblock prints for the coming New Year.To welcome...While the rising sun shines over each and every household/People would put up new peach wood charm for the old.These two poetic lines describe how people replace old woodblock prints for the coming New Year.To welcome the coming spring,a ceremony was held in the compound of the Beijing People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries(BPAFFC)on Jan 8 for the China-展开更多
文摘A re-examination of the artifacts and research pertaining to woodblock printing reveals that The Great Dharani Sutra of Immaculate and Pure Light(Mugujeonggwang Daedaranigyeong 无垢净光大陀罗尼经) in the Seokgatap Pagoda at the Bulguksa Temple, Gyeongju, South Korea unlikely originated in Korea and therefore cannot corroborate the claim that Korea is the birthplace of woodblock printing. It can be inferred from the earliest woodblock-printed Dharani sutra, dating from the Tang dynasty, that printing was invented no earlier than Emperor Xuanzong’s Kaiyuan era(713–741). The most significant social factor for the invention of woodblock printing is the transmission of Yoga Esotericism from India to China, where it prevailed and prompted the evolution of duplicating sutras from separate-plate stamping to woodblock printing using a whole block and from the Sanskrit prints to the Chinese ones.
文摘While the rising sun shines over each and every household/People would put up new peach wood charm for the old.These two poetic lines describe how people replace old woodblock prints for the coming New Year.To welcome the coming spring,a ceremony was held in the compound of the Beijing People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries(BPAFFC)on Jan 8 for the China-
