Chinese Zhusuan, the knowledge and practices of mathematical calculation through the abacus, was inscribed on the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)'s ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This instrument has an open wooden ...

China's Zhusuan or the knowledge and practice of arithmetic calculation using an abacus, has been nominated by UNSECO for competition to be listed as World Intangible Cultural Heritage. The final ...

The Zhusuan, otherwise known as the Chinese abacus was officially listed as an intangible cultural heritage at the 8th Annual UNESCO World Heritage Congress on December 4th in Baku, Azerbaijan. [Photo ...

Editor's note: Chinese Zhusuan refers to the knowledge and practice of performing arithmetic calculations using an abacus. It was added to UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage list in 2013, becoming ...

Huangshan City in Anhui Province may soon own China's latest addition to its national intangible cultural heritage. The status may soon be awarded to the "abacus culture," comprised of a large ...

Before the world had electronic calculators, smartphones, the Google search bar, or even paper -- there was the abacus. The simple rectangular gadget doesn’t require batteries, RAM, or the internet to ...

After centuries of relying on the abacus for every mathematical equation that could not be calculated with fingers, the widespread availability of cheap pocket calculators has almost wiped out the ...

Chinese Zhusuan, the knowledge and practices of mathematical calculation through the abacus, was inscribed on the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)'s ...