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There is now a new way to spend Chinese New Year: practicing calligraphy by copying manuscripts from one of the world鈥檚 oldest and largest encyclopedias.
The National Library of China announced that selected manuscripts of 鈥淵ongle Dadian鈥 鈥 the Great Encyclopedia of Yongle 鈥 will be on display from tomorrow to March 2.
The public is invited to view and copy some of the classic chapters.
The encyclopedia was commissioned by Emperor Yongle in 1403.
Thousands of scholars spent four years collecting nearly 8,000 kinds of books available at that time and compiled the 22,877-scroll, or 11,095-volume encyclopedia. Regarded as a national treasure, the book covers a wide range of subjects.
However, the original and most of the copied manuscripts were lost, partly due to the invasion of Western powers in China at the beginning of the 20th century. The national library houses about 220 out of the 400 known existing volumes.
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