Show printing blocks made in china centuries ago the oldest printing blocks in existence are on exhibition in a collection or of bamboo root and wood caryln carvings ln s from china at chica Chi cagos os field museum of natural ni history story the blocks are engraved with floral designs and must have been made before the year 1108 A D they were found in the ancient city of chu lu in the southern part of oc the province of chi it 11 this city excavated by archaeologists archeologists in recent years was submerged by a flood in 1108 the chinese are the inventors 0 of block printing and in fact of all the essentials for printing paper writing brush ink and ink pallet or they invented and perfected these entirely from their own re sources resources unaided by any other nation paper was invented and manufactured in china as early as A D |