Development of Agricultural Production Tools and Technologies in Ancient China

First, the development of agricultural production tools and technologies in ancient China

1. Based on the use of iron in the Spring and Autumn Period, the use of iron farm tools became more common in the Warring States Period, and the Iron Age came. Added shovels and plows; Niu Geng is popular.

2. During the Three Kingdoms period, Wei invented and manufactured an advanced irrigation tool-dumper; A large number of northern farmers moved to Jiangnan to escape the war, bringing advanced production tools and farming techniques.

3. Excavate the Grand Canal leading to North Korea; In the Tang Dynasty, farmers improved the structure of plows, made crankshaft plows and created a new irrigation tool-trucks.

Second, the ancient economic center of gravity moved south.

The shift of economic center of gravity to the south is an important historical phenomenon that the ancient history of China spanned several dynasties and lasted for hundreds of years. Of course, this development process is mainly divided into several stages:

Before Qin and Han Dynasties, the economic center of gravity was in the Yellow River basin in the north; During the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, Jiangnan area developed. From the Anshi Rebellion in the Tang Dynasty to the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, there were frequent wars in the north and the economy in the south developed steadily. In the Song Dynasty, the south became the focus of the national economy.

Extended data:

The ancient agricultural farming methods in China experienced the evolution from slash-and-burn to iron plow Niu Geng. During the Qin and Han Dynasties, a feudal small-scale peasant economic model with Niu Geng as the main body and intensive cultivation as the characteristic was basically formed.

China's ancient scientific and technological achievements were mostly concentrated in agriculture, astronomy, calendar, mathematics, medicine and other fields, which made China's ancient science and technology practical and practical.

Decentralized small-scale peasant economy needs a strong central government to maintain social stability and national unity, thus ensuring the development of small-scale peasant economy. Protecting the small-scale peasant economy is an important reason for the establishment of centralization.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-Chinese Traditional Agriculture