Zhusuan, the Chinese traditional method of calculations using the abacus, has been added to the list of Intangible Cultural Heritage established by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and ...

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 ...

For this series, we've been thinking a lot about some of the iconic objects that some of us remember using — if only for a short period of time — in our early schooling. Slide rules, the recorder, ...

Exhibits include the abacus, an ancient Chinese calculator, in different shapes and sizes displayed in its own museum in Nantong. Xu Congjun / for China Daily A necklace of museums rings the city of ...