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Spanish Royals Launch Valencia Exhibition - Valencia

King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia greet the people waiting for them upon their arrival to visit the exhibition 'The transformation of Valencia 1866-2026', on January 14, 2026, in Valencia, Valencian Community (Spain). The exhibition has been organized by Vocento's newspaper 'Las Provincias' on the occasion of its 160th anniversary. Photo by Rober Solsona / Europa Press / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spanish Royals Launch Valencia Exhibition - Valencia

King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia greet the people waiting for them upon their arrival to visit the exhibition 'The transformation of Valencia 1866-2026', on January 14, 2026, in Valencia, Valencian Community (Spain). The exhibition has been organized by Vocento's newspaper 'Las Provincias' on the occasion of its 160th anniversary. Photo by Rober Solsona / Europa Press / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spanish Royals Launch Valencia Exhibition - Valencia

King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia visit the exhibition 'The transformation of Valencia 1866-2026', on January 14, 2026, in Valencia, Valencian Community (Spain). The exhibition has been organized by Vocento's newspaper 'Las Provincias' on the occasion of its 160th anniversary. Photo by Rober Solsona / Europa Press / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spanish Royals Launch Valencia Exhibition - Valencia

King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia visit the exhibition 'The transformation of Valencia 1866-2026', on January 14, 2026, in Valencia, Valencian Community (Spain). The exhibition has been organized by Vocento's newspaper 'Las Provincias' on the occasion of its 160th anniversary. Photo by Rober Solsona / Europa Press / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spanish Royals Launch Valencia Exhibition - Valencia

King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia visit the exhibition 'The transformation of Valencia 1866-2026', on January 14, 2026, in Valencia, Valencian Community (Spain). The exhibition has been organized by Vocento's newspaper 'Las Provincias' on the occasion of its 160th anniversary. Photo by Rober Solsona / Europa Press / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spanish Royals Launch Valencia Exhibition - Valencia

King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia greet the people waiting for them upon their arrival to visit the exhibition 'The transformation of Valencia 1866-2026', on January 14, 2026, in Valencia, Valencian Community (Spain). The exhibition has been organized by Vocento's newspaper 'Las Provincias' on the occasion of its 160th anniversary. Photo by Rober Solsona / Europa Press / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spanish Royals Launch Valencia Exhibition - Valencia

King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia greet the people waiting for them upon their arrival to visit the exhibition 'The transformation of Valencia 1866-2026', on January 14, 2026, in Valencia, Valencian Community (Spain). The exhibition has been organized by Vocento's newspaper 'Las Provincias' on the occasion of its 160th anniversary. Photo by Rober Solsona / Europa Press / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spanish Royals Launch Valencia Exhibition - Valencia

King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia visit the exhibition 'The transformation of Valencia 1866-2026', on January 14, 2026, in Valencia, Valencian Community (Spain). The exhibition has been organized by Vocento's newspaper 'Las Provincias' on the occasion of its 160th anniversary. Photo by Rober Solsona / Europa Press / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spanish Royals Launch Valencia Exhibition - Valencia

King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia visit the exhibition 'The transformation of Valencia 1866-2026', on January 14, 2026, in Valencia, Valencian Community (Spain). The exhibition has been organized by Vocento's newspaper 'Las Provincias' on the occasion of its 160th anniversary. Photo by Rober Solsona / Europa Press / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spanish Royals Launch Valencia Exhibition - Valencia

King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia visit the exhibition 'The transformation of Valencia 1866-2026', on January 14, 2026, in Valencia, Valencian Community (Spain). The exhibition has been organized by Vocento's newspaper 'Las Provincias' on the occasion of its 160th anniversary. Photo by Rober Solsona / Europa Press / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Spanish Royals Launch Valencia Exhibition - Valencia

King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia greet the people waiting for them upon their arrival to visit the exhibition 'The transformation of Valencia 1866-2026', on January 14, 2026, in Valencia, Valencian Community (Spain). The exhibition has been organized by Vocento's newspaper 'Las Provincias' on the occasion of its 160th anniversary. Photo by Rober Solsona / Europa Press / ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Louvre - Paris

FRANCE. PARIS (75) THE TUILERIES GARDENS. STATUE OF THE NYMPH (MARBLE, 1866) BY FRENCH SCULPTOR LOUIS AUGUSTE LEVEQUE, WITH THE LOUVRE MUSEUM IN THE BACKGROUND Photo by Stephane Frances/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Oldest piano in Japan

Photo taken on April 30, 2024, shows an English square piano made by William Rolfe & Sons of London in 1819, thought to be the oldest piano in Japan, at Kumaya Art Museum in Hagi in Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan. German physician and naturalist Philipp Franz von Siebold (1796-1866) brought the piano -- recently designated as a cultural asset of the city -- with him when he came to Japan in 1823.

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Oldest piano in Japan

Photo taken on April 30, 2024, shows an English square piano made by William Rolfe & Sons of London in 1819, thought to be the oldest piano in Japan, at Kumaya Art Museum in Hagi in Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan. German physician and naturalist Philipp Franz von Siebold (1796-1866) brought the piano -- recently designated as a cultural asset of the city -- with him when he came to Japan in 1823.

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Oldest piano in Japan

Photo taken on April 30, 2024, shows an English square piano made by William Rolfe & Sons of London in 1819, thought to be the oldest piano in Japan, at Kumaya Art Museum in Hagi in Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan. German physician and naturalist Philipp Franz von Siebold (1796-1866) brought the piano -- recently designated as a cultural asset of the city -- with him when he came to Japan in 1823.

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Oldest piano in Japan

Photo taken on April 30, 2024, shows an English square piano made by William Rolfe & Sons of London in 1819, thought to be the oldest piano in Japan, at Kumaya Art Museum in Hagi in Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan. German physician and naturalist Philipp Franz von Siebold (1796-1866) brought the piano -- recently designated as a cultural asset of the city -- with him when he came to Japan in 1823.

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AJECTA, The Living Railway Museum - Longueville

AJECTA, The Living Railway Museum in Longueville, Seine et Marne, France, on October 07, 2023. An impressive depot full of colossal machines, including the wooden rotunda from 1911 is classified as a Historic Monument. It’s a unique collection, made up of around ten locomotives dating from 1866 to 1943, some of which have been completely restored by the association. Photo by Denis Prezat/ABACAPRESS.COM

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AJECTA, The Living Railway Museum - Longueville

AJECTA, The Living Railway Museum in Longueville, Seine et Marne, France, on October 07, 2023. An impressive depot full of colossal machines, including the wooden rotunda from 1911 is classified as a Historic Monument. It’s a unique collection, made up of around ten locomotives dating from 1866 to 1943, some of which have been completely restored by the association. Photo by Denis Prezat/ABACAPRESS.COM

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AJECTA, The Living Railway Museum - Longueville

AJECTA, The Living Railway Museum in Longueville, Seine et Marne, France, on October 07, 2023. An impressive depot full of colossal machines, including the wooden rotunda from 1911 is classified as a Historic Monument. It’s a unique collection, made up of around ten locomotives dating from 1866 to 1943, some of which have been completely restored by the association. Photo by Denis Prezat/ABACAPRESS.COM

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AJECTA, The Living Railway Museum - Longueville

AJECTA, The Living Railway Museum in Longueville, Seine et Marne, France, on October 07, 2023. An impressive depot full of colossal machines, including the wooden rotunda from 1911 is classified as a Historic Monument. It’s a unique collection, made up of around ten locomotives dating from 1866 to 1943, some of which have been completely restored by the association. Photo by Denis Prezat/ABACAPRESS.COM

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AJECTA, The Living Railway Museum - Longueville

AJECTA, The Living Railway Museum in Longueville, Seine et Marne, France, on October 07, 2023. An impressive depot full of colossal machines, including the wooden rotunda from 1911 is classified as a Historic Monument. It’s a unique collection, made up of around ten locomotives dating from 1866 to 1943, some of which have been completely restored by the association. Photo by Denis Prezat/ABACAPRESS.COM

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AJECTA, The Living Railway Museum - Longueville

AJECTA, The Living Railway Museum in Longueville, Seine et Marne, France, on October 07, 2023. An impressive depot full of colossal machines, including the wooden rotunda from 1911 is classified as a Historic Monument. It’s a unique collection, made up of around ten locomotives dating from 1866 to 1943, some of which have been completely restored by the association. Photo by Denis Prezat/ABACAPRESS.COM

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AJECTA, The Living Railway Museum - Longueville

AJECTA, The Living Railway Museum in Longueville, Seine et Marne, France, on October 07, 2023. An impressive depot full of colossal machines, including the wooden rotunda from 1911 is classified as a Historic Monument. It’s a unique collection, made up of around ten locomotives dating from 1866 to 1943, some of which have been completely restored by the association. Photo by Denis Prezat/ABACAPRESS.COM

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AJECTA, The Living Railway Museum - Longueville

AJECTA, The Living Railway Museum in Longueville, Seine et Marne, France, on October 07, 2023. An impressive depot full of colossal machines, including the wooden rotunda from 1911 is classified as a Historic Monument. It’s a unique collection, made up of around ten locomotives dating from 1866 to 1943, some of which have been completely restored by the association. Photo by Denis Prezat/ABACAPRESS.COM

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AJECTA, The Living Railway Museum - Longueville

AJECTA, The Living Railway Museum in Longueville, Seine et Marne, France, on October 07, 2023. An impressive depot full of colossal machines, including the wooden rotunda from 1911 is classified as a Historic Monument. It’s a unique collection, made up of around ten locomotives dating from 1866 to 1943, some of which have been completely restored by the association. Photo by Denis Prezat/ABACAPRESS.COM

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AJECTA, The Living Railway Museum - Longueville

AJECTA, The Living Railway Museum in Longueville, Seine et Marne, France, on October 07, 2023. An impressive depot full of colossal machines, including the wooden rotunda from 1911 is classified as a Historic Monument. It’s a unique collection, made up of around ten locomotives dating from 1866 to 1943, some of which have been completely restored by the association. Photo by Denis Prezat/ABACAPRESS.COM

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AJECTA, The Living Railway Museum - Longueville

AJECTA, The Living Railway Museum in Longueville, Seine et Marne, France, on October 07, 2023. An impressive depot full of colossal machines, including the wooden rotunda from 1911 is classified as a Historic Monument. It’s a unique collection, made up of around ten locomotives dating from 1866 to 1943, some of which have been completely restored by the association. Photo by Denis Prezat/ABACAPRESS.COM

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AJECTA, The Living Railway Museum - Longueville

AJECTA, The Living Railway Museum in Longueville, Seine et Marne, France, on October 07, 2023. An impressive depot full of colossal machines, including the wooden rotunda from 1911 is classified as a Historic Monument. It’s a unique collection, made up of around ten locomotives dating from 1866 to 1943, some of which have been completely restored by the association. Photo by Denis Prezat/ABACAPRESS.COM

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AJECTA, The Living Railway Museum - Longueville

AJECTA, The Living Railway Museum in Longueville, Seine et Marne, France, on October 07, 2023. An impressive depot full of colossal machines, including the wooden rotunda from 1911 is classified as a Historic Monument. It’s a unique collection, made up of around ten locomotives dating from 1866 to 1943, some of which have been completely restored by the association. Photo by Denis Prezat/ABACAPRESS.COM

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AJECTA, The Living Railway Museum - Longueville

AJECTA, The Living Railway Museum in Longueville, Seine et Marne, France, on October 07, 2023. An impressive depot full of colossal machines, including the wooden rotunda from 1911 is classified as a Historic Monument. It’s a unique collection, made up of around ten locomotives dating from 1866 to 1943, some of which have been completely restored by the association. Photo by Denis Prezat/ABACAPRESS.COM

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AJECTA, The Living Railway Museum - Longueville

AJECTA, The Living Railway Museum in Longueville, Seine et Marne, France, on October 07, 2023. An impressive depot full of colossal machines, including the wooden rotunda from 1911 is classified as a Historic Monument. It’s a unique collection, made up of around ten locomotives dating from 1866 to 1943, some of which have been completely restored by the association. Photo by Denis Prezat/ABACAPRESS.COM

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AJECTA, The Living Railway Museum - Longueville

AJECTA, The Living Railway Museum in Longueville, Seine et Marne, France, on October 07, 2023. An impressive depot full of colossal machines, including the wooden rotunda from 1911 is classified as a Historic Monument. It’s a unique collection, made up of around ten locomotives dating from 1866 to 1943, some of which have been completely restored by the association. Photo by Denis Prezat/ABACAPRESS.COM

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AJECTA, The Living Railway Museum - Longueville

AJECTA, The Living Railway Museum in Longueville, Seine et Marne, France, on October 07, 2023. An impressive depot full of colossal machines, including the wooden rotunda from 1911 is classified as a Historic Monument. It’s a unique collection, made up of around ten locomotives dating from 1866 to 1943, some of which have been completely restored by the association. Photo by Denis Prezat/ABACAPRESS.COM

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AJECTA, The Living Railway Museum - Longueville

AJECTA, The Living Railway Museum in Longueville, Seine et Marne, France, on October 07, 2023. An impressive depot full of colossal machines, including the wooden rotunda from 1911 is classified as a Historic Monument. It’s a unique collection, made up of around ten locomotives dating from 1866 to 1943, some of which have been completely restored by the association. Photo by Denis Prezat/ABACAPRESS.COM

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AJECTA, The Living Railway Museum - Longueville

AJECTA, The Living Railway Museum in Longueville, Seine et Marne, France, on October 07, 2023. An impressive depot full of colossal machines, including the wooden rotunda from 1911 is classified as a Historic Monument. It’s a unique collection, made up of around ten locomotives dating from 1866 to 1943, some of which have been completely restored by the association. Photo by Denis Prezat/ABACAPRESS.COM

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AJECTA, The Living Railway Museum - Longueville

AJECTA, The Living Railway Museum in Longueville, Seine et Marne, France, on October 07, 2023. An impressive depot full of colossal machines, including the wooden rotunda from 1911 is classified as a Historic Monument. It’s a unique collection, made up of around ten locomotives dating from 1866 to 1943, some of which have been completely restored by the association. Photo by Denis Prezat/ABACAPRESS.COM

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AJECTA, The Living Railway Museum - Longueville

AJECTA, The Living Railway Museum in Longueville, Seine et Marne, France, on October 07, 2023. An impressive depot full of colossal machines, including the wooden rotunda from 1911 is classified as a Historic Monument. It’s a unique collection, made up of around ten locomotives dating from 1866 to 1943, some of which have been completely restored by the association. Photo by Denis Prezat/ABACAPRESS.COM

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AJECTA, The Living Railway Museum - Longueville

AJECTA, The Living Railway Museum in Longueville, Seine et Marne, France, on October 07, 2023. An impressive depot full of colossal machines, including the wooden rotunda from 1911 is classified as a Historic Monument. It’s a unique collection, made up of around ten locomotives dating from 1866 to 1943, some of which have been completely restored by the association. Photo by Denis Prezat/ABACAPRESS.COM

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AJECTA, The Living Railway Museum - Longueville

AJECTA, The Living Railway Museum in Longueville, Seine et Marne, France, on October 07, 2023. An impressive depot full of colossal machines, including the wooden rotunda from 1911 is classified as a Historic Monument. It’s a unique collection, made up of around ten locomotives dating from 1866 to 1943, some of which have been completely restored by the association. Photo by Denis Prezat/ABACAPRESS.COM

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AJECTA, The Living Railway Museum - Longueville

AJECTA, The Living Railway Museum in Longueville, Seine et Marne, France, on October 07, 2023. An impressive depot full of colossal machines, including the wooden rotunda from 1911 is classified as a Historic Monument. It’s a unique collection, made up of around ten locomotives dating from 1866 to 1943, some of which have been completely restored by the association. Photo by Denis Prezat/ABACAPRESS.COM

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AJECTA, The Living Railway Museum - Longueville

AJECTA, The Living Railway Museum in Longueville, Seine et Marne, France, on October 07, 2023. An impressive depot full of colossal machines, including the wooden rotunda from 1911 is classified as a Historic Monument. It’s a unique collection, made up of around ten locomotives dating from 1866 to 1943, some of which have been completely restored by the association. Photo by Denis Prezat/ABACAPRESS.COM

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CHINA-FUJIAN-FUZHOU-INT'L MUSEUM DAY (CN)

(230517) -- FUZHOU, May 17, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People visit the Museum of Foochow Arsenal 1866 in Fuzhou, southeast China's Fujian Province, May 16, 2023. Fujian Museum in Fujian Province will be the country's main venue for this year's International Museum Day, which falls on May 18. A number of featured exhibitions, seminars, dialogues and events will take place at museums around Fujian province. (Xinhua/Jiang Kehong)

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Museum featuring Sun Yat-sen, Japanese supporter opens in Nagasaki

NAGASAKI, Japan - Ayano Kosaka, a great granddaughter of Shokichi Umeya who supported the 1911 Chinese Revolution's spiritual leader Sun Yat-sen, speaks at a ceremony to open a museum exhibiting items related to the friendship between the two men, in the Japanese southwestern city of Nagasaki on April 26, 2014. The museum showcases exchanges between Shokichi Umeya (1868-1934), a Nagasaki businessman, and Sun (1866-1925) as well as historical background.

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Ancient Korean books returned from France

SEOUL, South Korea - Ancient Korean royal books returned from France are displayed to the media at the National Museum of Korea in Seoul on July 18, 2011, a day before their public exhibition. The texts, featuring protocols of royal ceremonies and rites from the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910), were looted by French troops in 1866 when they invaded Ganghwa Island, west of Seoul, in retaliation for the persecution of French Catholic missionaries.

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Ancient Korean books returned from France

SEOUL, South Korea - Photo shows ancient Korean royal books returned from France on display to the media at the National Museum of Korea in Seoul on July 18, 2011, a day before their public exhibition. The texts, featuring protocols of royal ceremonies and rites from the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910), were looted by French troops in 1866 when they invaded Ganghwa Island, west of Seoul, in retaliation for the persecution of French Catholic missionaries.

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S. Korea celebrates return of archives

SEOUL, South Korea - South Koreans celebrate the return of historic documents from France at the ancient palace of Gyeongbokgung in Seoul on June 11, 2011, after the Korean royal books had been taken away in 1866.

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S. Korea celebrates return of archives

SEOUL, South Korea - South Koreans celebrate the return of historic documents from France at the ancient palace of Gyeongbokgung in Seoul on June 11, 2011, after the Korean royal books had been taken away in 1866.

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S. Korea celebrates return of archives

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean President Lee Myung Bak (L) and first lady Kim Yoon Ok (2nd from L) attend a ceremony to celebrate the return of historic documents from France at the ancient palace of Gyeongbokgung in Seoul on June 11, 2011, after the Korean royal books had been taken away in 1866.

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CHINA-JIANGSU-NANJING-ENGRAVED BLOCK PRINTING-INHERITOR(CN)

(220422) -- NANJING, April 22, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Wang Kang (L) discusses with his instructor Ma Mengqing at the Jinling Scriptural Press in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu Province, April 15, 2022. Born in 1992, Wang Kang is the eighth generation inheritor of the Jinling Buddhist Scripture Printing, a Chinese engraved block printing technique. During his ten years with the Nanjing-based Jinling Scriptural Press, which was founded in 1866, Wang has been involved in the design of printing blocks for over 20 classical works containing nearly 100,000 Chinese characters. Often, Wang would describe the completion of a new printing block as witnessing the birth of a new baby. According to Wang, engraved block printing, like all forms of art, is a legacy of ancient wisdom in one sense, but it also bears the marks of the artisans themselves. "I will continue to do what I've chosen to do," Wang says. "True craftsmanship is found in unending devotion." Wang intends to use modern communication channels in the near fut

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CHINA-JIANGSU-NANJING-ENGRAVED BLOCK PRINTING-INHERITOR(CN)

(220422) -- NANJING, April 22, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Wang Kang shows carving tools at the Jinling Scriptural Press in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu Province, April 19, 2022. Born in 1992, Wang Kang is the eighth generation inheritor of the Jinling Buddhist Scripture Printing, a Chinese engraved block printing technique. During his ten years with the Nanjing-based Jinling Scriptural Press, which was founded in 1866, Wang has been involved in the design of printing blocks for over 20 classical works containing nearly 100,000 Chinese characters. Often, Wang would describe the completion of a new printing block as witnessing the birth of a new baby. According to Wang, engraved block printing, like all forms of art, is a legacy of ancient wisdom in one sense, but it also bears the marks of the artisans themselves. "I will continue to do what I've chosen to do," Wang says. "True craftsmanship is found in unending devotion." Wang intends to use modern communication channels in the near future to promote this intang