Workers proofread newly made prints at the Dege Sutra Printing House in Dege County of Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Nov. 2, 2024. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)
DEGE, Nov. 3, 2024 (Xinhua) -- The printing blocks housed at the Dege Sutra Printing House in southwest China's Sichuan Province were listed in this May as documentary heritage on the Asia Pacific regional register of UNESCO's Memory of the World (MOW) Programme.
Built in 1729, the Dege Sutra Printing House preserves in good condition 325,520 woodcut printing plates containing significant Tibetan classics dating back to the 11th century. The majority of the blocks were carved between the 18th and mid-20th centuries.
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A drone photo taken on Nov. 2, 2024 shows the Dege Sutra Printing House in Dege County of Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Sichuan Province. (Xinhua/Wang Xi)
A worker revises a woodcut printing block at the Dege Sutra Printing House in Dege County of Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Nov. 2, 2024. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)
Workers print with vintage woodcut printing blocks at the Dege Sutra Printing House in Dege County of Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Nov. 2, 2024. (Xinhua/Wang Xi)
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A worker checks woodcut printing blocks at the Dege Sutra Printing House in Dege County of Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Nov. 2, 2024. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)
This file photo taken on June 11, 2019 shows workers airing woodcut printing blocks on a roof at the Dege Sutra Printing House in Dege County of Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Sichuan Province. (Photo by Gong Zihua/Xinhua)
An aerial drone photo taken on Nov. 2, 2024 shows the Dege Sutra Printing House in Dege County of Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Sichuan Province. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)
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A worker airs fresh prints at the Dege Sutra Printing House in Dege County of Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Nov. 2, 2024. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)
This photo taken on Nov. 2, 2024 shows woodcut printing blocks housed at the Dege Sutra Printing House in Dege County of Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Sichuan Province. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)
A worker revises a woodcut printing block at the Dege Sutra Printing House in Dege County of Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Nov. 2, 2024. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)
Workers print with vintage woodcut printing blocks at the Dege Sutra Printing House in Dege County of Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Nov. 2, 2024. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)■