Chinese Zhusuan Listed as World Intangible Cultural Heritage
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Chinese Abacus
Zhusuan (in Chinese 珠算), the Chinese traditional method of calculation using the abacus, has just been listed as one of the world intangible cultural heritage during UNESCO's 8th intergovernmental Council in Azerbaijan.
The abacus, called Suanpan(算盘) in Chinese is considered the ancestor of the modern computer with a history of more than 1,800 years old. Most of the Chinese people born before 1960s are quite familiar with the abacus ,as they always use the abacus for calculating in their daily life . However,with the development of computer, the abacus is disappearing in Chinese daily life gradually and now young Chinese even do not what the abacus is.
The abacus is rectangular with wooden frame on the four sides and small rods fixed inside, each one representing one digit. The rods are strung with wooden beads, and a girder across the middle separates the abacus into two parts: the upper part, in which each rod has two beads, each representing the number "five"; and the lower part, in which each rod has five beads, each representing the number "one".
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