Zhusuan

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China's Zhusuan (珠算) is the knowledge and practice of arithmetic calculation using an abacus, with a history of over 1800 years.

has been nominated by UNSECO for competition to be listed as World Intangible Cultural Heritage. The final result will be announced early next month. The time honored invention has been slowly fading away from peoples’ lives, but some are calling to preserve it.