What are the modes of travel and means of transportation of ancient people?

The ancients could not travel like modern people. People's travel modes are restricted and roads are impassable. There are often robbers on the road, and they often worry about their lives when they travel. If ancient people often traveled for ten days and a half months, it would take several years, and they needed to be fully prepared, so there was a saying that their parents were there and they didn't travel far.

Of course, if you have a reason to travel, you must start making preparations. First of all, you must carry out divination and choose a good day to travel; Then you have to worship your ancestors, because you are not sure if you can come back and need the blessing of your ancestors; Then we need to hold a practice banquet, and relatives and friends will hold a toast farewell ceremony for pedestrians on the roadside. Finally, I can go on my way with peace of mind.

So what means of transportation did the ancients use?

The first is walking: because of visiting friends and other reasons, the road on the road is more difficult to walk, so the ancients paid more attention to the feelings of friends than now.

Horses and chariots: Before the Warring States period, horses were specially used to pull carts. Generally speaking, there is no horse without a horse, and there is no horse without a car. During the Warring States period, Khufu rode and shot, learned to ride horses from Xiongnu, and then slowly flourished. Ancient people not only used horse-drawn carriages, but also used ox carts, which were more stable and cheaper than horse-drawn carts. Before the mid-Eastern Han Dynasty, ox carts were regarded as low-level means of transportation. Of course, there are also donkey carts, which are generally used by families with poor economic strength. In ancient times, riding was respected on the left, with the driver in the middle and the companion on the right.

But chariots are even different. If it is the commander-in-chief, raise the flag in the middle, the driver on the left and the bodyguard on the right. Generally speaking, there is a driver in the middle of the chariot, a bow and arrow on the left and a spear on the right. The country of a thousand cities said that there were thousands of chariots, each with four horses, three soldiers on board, 72 soldiers on board and 25 logistics personnel, 100. There used to be two wagons in Shang dynasty, but there were four horses in the later period. The outermost one on the left and right is called a horse, and the middle one is called a horse. The main driving force is still two horses: the middle horse and the Hummer control the direction.

As for people with certain status and economic strength, the mode of transportation is sedan chair. Compared with horses and chariots, sedan chairs are more stable and comfortable. In addition, it can also reflect the status of bearers. So there is a stricter hierarchy, which can be roughly divided into official sedan chair, music sedan chair, people sedan chair and soul sedan chair. There are strict restrictions on the specifications of official cars and the number of sedan chairs. At a traditional wedding, the Xi sedan chair is a kind of sedan chair that takes the bride to her husband's house. Sedan chairs are similar to taxis now, and they are charged. The soul sedan chair is for the dead to report to the underworld, one for the dead's eldest grandson and the other for the dead. This kind of soul sedan chair for the dead will eventually be burned. The biggest disadvantage of sedan chair is its slow speed, which is only suitable for short-distance travel.

This is roughly the mode of transportation on land, but you need a boat when you get to the water. Wooden boats began to paddle by hand, and our ancestors used canoes and rafts long ago. And has been ahead of other countries in the world. During the Qin and Han Dynasties, Qin Shihuang organized a huge fleet capable of transporting 500,000 stone grain. In the Tang and Song Dynasties, the technology was more mature, and tenon and nail wood technology was widely used in shipbuilding. In the Ming Dynasty, the treasure ship of Zheng He appeared in China. It was the largest wooden sailboat in the world at that time. However, due to the maritime ban, these technologies gradually dissipated and later fell behind the West.

As for the others, underground operation, shrinking the ground into inches, walking on clouds, evading the five elements, Taizong's magical power, and the gods are too powerful for ordinary people to touch, so I won't mention it.

Above. The ancients traveled so hard, but they never forgot thousands of books and Wan Li Road. What reason do we modern people have to stay at home? Go out more and see the great rivers and mountains in our country, and life will be better.

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