The fine print

Key traditional Chinese printed works from non-Han ethnic groups went on show at the China Printing Museum in Beijing on Aug 11, unveiling a lesser-known part of Chinese printing history. The Special Exhibition of Chinese Ethnic Print Art, which was co-organized by the China Printing Museum and the Chinese National Museum of Ethnology, displays 125 works spanning the ancient to the modern, offering a panorama of the print art produced by different ethnic groups in Yunnan, Tibet, Inner Mongolia and other provincial-level administrative regions in China. The exhibits include ancient woodblock prints that depict such cultural dimensions as astronomy, religion and medicine that range from the Yuan (1271-1368) to the Qing (1644-1911) dynasties, together with famed artists' works from recent history and contemporary pieces featuring figures, landscapes and ethnic cultures. Some of the displayed copperplate etchings were created as anthropological references by Europeans following their explorations of those regions during the late Qing Dynasty.

9 am-5 pm, through Sept 15, closed on Mondays. China Printing Museum, 25 Xinghua North Road, Daxing district, Beijing. 010-8128-2770.