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Spring Festival Special: Fascinating traditional Chinese ink impressions technique

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First appearing during the Jin Dynasty (266-420) and early Sui Dynasty (581-618), traditional Chinese ink impressions were used to preserve historical records and facilitate the learning and writing of history. This functionality made the technique highly popular among scholars, literati, and members of the royal court, and thus was widely adopted for generations. Click to join us as we try our hand at making ink impressions while wishing you all good fortune in the Year of the Snake.

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