What methods did ancient Chinese use to record and preserve their history before the invention of paper?

They used strips of wood tied together with cords, as their books. They would paint Chinese pictograms with brushes on these strips of wood, tie them together, and, presto, there’s a book, as long as you want the book to be. You can see these in depictions of pre-imperial China, like this one, the legend of Mi Yue. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yktA4VDp9VA https://www.quora.com/What-methods-did-ancient-Chinese-use-to-record-and-preserve-their-history-before-the-invention-of-paper