Amazing Craftsman 12: Wooden Movable Type Genealogy Repairer in Dongyuan Village
by Cicada Youth
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Family tree is a word that is getting farther and farther away from modern life, but there are still people who stick to the profession of genealogists, picking up type blocks, typesetting boards, and editing family trees. This has been Wang Chaohui's life for most of his life. Wang Chaohui was born in Dongyuan Village, Wenzhou, Zhejiang. Genealogist is a unique profession in this small village with a population of 7,000. People in Zhejiang attach great importance to blood origin. Even today, each clan still maintains its ancestral hall and genealogy. Genealogies need to be reprinted every thirty years to add information. Genealogists, a profession specialized in compiling genealogies for clans, also came into being. In the era of electronic typesetting and type printing, he left the scent of ink on the pages with his own hands.
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