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Chinese wood carving prints in the Ming Dynasty
became more popular as the printing technology and the civil
culture became more developed. Huizhou (nowdays Huangshan
City) was then recognized as the wood carving prints center.
In the period of Wan Li, folk wood carving print business
was very popular in the cities of Huizhou, Hangzhou, Wuxing,
Suzhou and so on. The wood carving prints of Huizhou were
particularly well known. Businessmen and carvers from Huizhou
were everywhere in China. "Stories of Pi Pa", and
"Stories of North Xi Xiang" by Wang Guanghua were
the best representative works of the Hui School wood carving
prints and were used for book illustrations. Some of the best
known printers are member from the Huang family. The Jinling
(nowadays Nanjing) wood carving prints which had a strong
Hui School influence were known for its picture illustrations
for opera and novel books.
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