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Scrolls were the standard book during the age of division and the early medieval period in ancient China. The court calligraphers of Tang, for example, used the finest papers from the palace
factory--tinted delicately in lemon-yellow, sulfur-yellow, or slate-blue--for their scrolls. They rolled them on cylinders of ivory or sandlewood that were tipped with knobs of jade, amber, or rock crystal.

Your task today is to research fifteen of ancient China's inventions. You will create a scroll like those made in ancient China celebrating ancient China's ingenuity.

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