Today, printing has become one of the key industries of Vietnam’s industry, although this industry has a history of “late birth” compared to many other fields. It is not only a means of storing information, but also an effective means of communication through printing services of high-class paper boxes or paper bags, for example.
People began to know about printing industry from 175 AD in the Han dynasty, China. At that time, printing was still quite rudimentary and simple, and the means, techniques, and printing materials were not very demanding. This is also the first “cradle” for the Vietnamese printing industry in the future.
The explosive development of the printing industry in China gradually expanded to Korea, Japan, even Europe, and until the Later Le era, the printing industry began to appear in Vietnam thanks to the merits of the emissary Tham Hoa Luong. Like Box. Luong Nhu Hoc is a Vietnamese emissary and has been to China twice to make friendships. On the occasion of his visit to the porcelain twice, he realized that your country has a unique industry that can keep information for a long time. Therefore, he learned the technology of woodblock printing here and later passed it on to the villagers of Lieu Trang, Hong Luc (now Gia Loc, Hai Duong province). He is the founder of the printing industry in Vietnam to develop strongly, becoming a popular service in society with industrial printing such as paper box printing, catalog printing, cheap paper bag printing. …
Thanks to his merits, the villagers of Lieu Trang village constantly studied to become the largest printing village at that time, printing hundreds of books, of which the “Dai Viet Su Ky Toan Thu” series also originated here. The reputation of Lieu Trang printing village is becoming more and more popular, the name of flower detective Luong Nhu Hoc is also admired by people all over the country. Later, in order to express their deep gratitude to the ancestors of the printing village, the people of Lieu Trang also built a temple when he died and honored him as a god.
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