Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Jintan Ancient Printing Ltd (JAPL) was established in 1978. It combines traditional craftsmanship with high-tech digital printing to produce high end, replica ancient products. Based in Jintan, Jiangsu, China, the multiple award winning company is a leading name in the premier print industry, both nationally and internationally. Specialities of JAPL include hard back and hand bound books, xuan (bamboo paper) colour printing and woodblock printing.

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Colour printing on xuan (bamboo paper), hand embossing, woodblock printing and xian zhuang (stitched binding) are all ancient techniques used by JAPL. Items of particular interest produced include the recreation of 500 year old books originally made by Emperor Yongle to record the Ming Dynasty, as well as key Confucius teachings. The books and scriptures, amongst other collections and art works, all displaying the time consuming and intricate skills, can be found in the vast on-site product exhibition room.

Description: Acclaimed as one of China’s Four Great Classical Novels, Romance of the Three Kingdoms is a 14th-century historical novel attributed to Luo Guanzhong. It is set in the turbulent years towards the end of the Han dynasty and the Three Kingdoms period in Chinese history, starting in 169 AD and ending with the reunification of the land in 280.

The story – part historical, part legend, and part mythical – romanticises and dramatises the lives of feudal lords and their retainers, who tried to replace the dwindling Han dynasty or restore it. While the novel follows hundreds of characters, the focus is mainly on the three power blocs that emerged from the remnants of the Han dynasty, and would eventually form the three states of Cao Wei, Shu Han, and Eastern Wu. The novel deals with the plots, personal and military battles, intrigues, and struggles of these states to achieve dominance for almost 100 years.