Chinese Qing Dynasty court engravings

Author: Qu Yanjun, Editor-in-Chief
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Publish Date: 2002-08-01
Features: The Chinese Qing Dynasty Court Engravings is the largest book in China today. The entire book collects tens of thousands of book engravings from the Qing Dynasty, and compared to any other large-scale traditional ancient Chinese classic series or encyclopedias, it is undoubtedly the largest book in China. During the Qing Dynasty, the court extensively printed books. The imperial workshops published over 700 types of books, mostly from the Wuying Hall, known as "Wuying Hall Engravings," abbreviated as "Dianben." These Dianben books often include engraved illustrations called "Dianben Engravings." As they originated from the Qing court's imperial workshops, they are also referred to as "Court Engravings." The engravings published by the Qing court are rare in terms of the number of surviving works, the precision of carving, the variety of printing and binding, the richness of content, and the completeness of preservation.