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How did the ancient farmers farm and what was the cart for?

From human evolution to adult development, food is considered as the fundamental reason for human evolution. Human's pursuit of food has promoted the development of today's society, and food, as a kind of food, is considered as the foundation of human civilization. From slash-and-burn in primitive society to today's mechanical automation, the change of grain planting mode has witnessed the progress of human civilization. And how many people still know how ancient people cultivated in today's mechanized farming? As a popular agricultural tool-rickshaw, how many people know about it?

The name of "cymbals" in previous lives is different in different places. Although the name is the same, they are all made up of cymbals, barrels, legs and shovels. So how did ancient people farm? Now the agricultural machinery is developed from polonium, so how did polonium develop and evolve?

In the primitive agricultural period, the main agricultural tools in ancient times were extensive agricultural production, and the materials of agricultural tools were mainly stone tools, and the tools for labor operation were extremely simple. It is time-consuming and laborious for people to farm collectively in the family. It was not until the appearance of bones that our ancestors bid farewell to the era of slash-and-burn cultivation and entered the "farming civilization." In the Book of Changes, it is said that Shennong taught people to make rafts and used rafts instead of bone rafts. In the late Neolithic sites, traces of thunder were found on loess. Oracle Bone Inscriptions took Lei as the prototype and described the general image of Lei in Shang Dynasty. There is a crossbar above the double teeth, which means that the teeth are full, which is conducive to the digging of the thunder teeth into the soil, which is what the ancients called "full tillage". This is not only a digging tool, but also a "rake" and a "rake".

At the end of the Western Zhou Dynasty, bronzes appeared, and wooden coffins made of bronze were covered with copper blades. At that time, bronze was not popular, although the production changed, but the function did not change. Thunder is still used to dig holes and bury seeds in them. This manual on-demand method is still time-consuming and laborious. The rise of iron smelting industry in the Warring States period led to great changes in the history of agricultural tools in China. Iron farm tools replaced wooden farm tools. During the Warring States period, most farm tools were made of wood with iron pieces, and the production efficiency was greatly improved compared with the past. The appearance of iron farm tools directly brought the maturity of Niu Geng. This period began in the east, and after Shang Yang's political reform, Qin came from behind and was widely used. The extensive use of Niu Geng has greatly reduced farmers' farming burden. With the development of history and the continuous progress of production technology, the mode of on-demand production will be replaced by a new way-plough and plough came into being with Niu Geng.

By the Warring States period, the prototype of the hammer had appeared, but at that time, the role of the hammer was not just used to drill holes. At that time, the hammer was mainly used with one foot and two feet. The early hammers had great defects, such as different sowing widths and different rows.

During the Han dynasty, the country tended to be stable, and after the governance of Emperor Gaozu and later the governance of Wenjing, the agriculture of the Han dynasty developed. The invention of "plow" in farming has made great progress compared with deep ploughing and ditching. Later, during the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Zhao integrated the plows, one-legged buildings and two-legged cymbals invented by predecessors, and invented three rows of three-legged cymbals that could be planted at the same time. The sowing efficiency is greatly improved by ditching and covering on the flat ground. Later, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty popularized it all over the country. The invention of Ding cymbals made a qualitative development of agricultural sowing, which indicated that China had a real drilling tool from then on, which had a great influence on later generations.

In late autumn, northern farmers enter the farming period, which is different from traditional farming. Today, there is no need for people to do it themselves. Just take the seeds to the ground, pour them into the machine and wait on the ground. One acre of land can be cultivated in half an hour, which greatly improves the cultivation efficiency and shortens the cultivation time. However, we carefully observe the modern seeder, and its principle is very similar to that of the cymbals we used in the 1980s and 1990s. By putting seeds into a funnel-shaped tool for holding seeds, thanks to this machine, we can save time and effort in today's farming.

China has been a big agricultural country since ancient times. Agriculture has always been the most important and basic production sector in the historical development of China. As the old saying goes, "Food is the most important thing for the people". As the only ancient civilization that has continued to this day, the continuous development and evolution of agricultural tools in China has played an indelible role in the development of ancient agricultural culture and today's agriculture. "If you want to do a good job, you must sharpen your tools first." With better tools, you can get twice the result with half the effort. The continuous development of farmers' farm tools not only shortens the farming time.

Marx once said in Das Kapital that "labor tools are the yardstick of social development and social production" and spoke highly of the great role of production tools. The development of science and technology depends on the development of the times, so although our ancestors constantly improved their tools, the on-demand approach has not been effectively changed. It was not until the development of iron smelting technology in the Warring States period that the tools on demand made a qualitative leap.

Conclusion China is one of the countries with the earliest development of machinery in the world, and the invention of bicycle was earlier than that of the west 1600 years. Up to now, the seeder invented later in the West was also invented under the influence of rickshaws, but its efficiency and harvest were far less than that of China. The appearance of wheelbarrows has provided great impetus for the development of agriculture in China, and it has been passed down from generation to generation.

Zhao's rickshaw has been transformed by later generations, and even though it is still in use in the 1990 s, it still maintains its original appearance. After entering the year 2000, with the enhancement of the country's comprehensive national strength and the progress of science and technology, mechanical automation has been realized, completely replacing manpower. Not only in China, but also in the whole world, the seeders were modified on the basis of Zhao's invention. Therefore, the upgrading of automobiles has witnessed the development history of world agriculture!