Even though paper would eventually come to be more popular, parchment was the preferred material for book making, and eventually printing, throughout the middle ages. Parchment, used before the rise ...

Senior citizens practice Miao embroidery at a workshop in Hejiayan village, Youyang Tujia and Miao autonomous county, Chongqing, in October. HUANG WEI/XINHUA A group of grandmothers sit in front of a ...