What impact has Chinese culture had on the development of the world

Chinese culture has had a significant impact on the world region. The Chinese culture centered on Confucianism, as well as the imperial examination system, the four great inventions, navigation and shipbuilding, etc., was an important source of ideas for the modern Enlightenment in Europe.

1, science and technology, China's four great inventions to promote the progress of the world, the beginning of modernization, the opening of new routes, inseparable from the compass; ideological emancipation, the Renaissance, the Enlightenment can not be separated from the paper and printing; and gunpowder has become a sharp weapon to smash the feudal castle.?

2, culture, sui and tang dynasties, Chinese and foreign exchanges were unprecedentedly frequent, most of the neighboring countries follow the Chinese system, especially Japan, sent a large number of foreign students, bleeding monks, a large number of Japanese scholars returned to Japan after the launch of the Great Reform, is Japan's entry into the feudal society, the formation of the Chinese cultural circle also at this time. Enlightenment, the French Voltaire then utilized the Chinese Confucianism.

3, Chinese civilization originated in the Great Two Rivers Basin in East Asia, a huge civilization field and group of civilizations covering an area of nearly ten million square kilometers, mainly continuous, with more attention paid to the preservation of cultural genes and national traditions in historical traditions, for example, in the process of development from primitive and clan societies to national and civilized societies.

Instead of simply replacing blood relations with geopolitical relations as in the ancient Greek Athenian model, the new geopolitical relations are more inclusive of blood relations and human relations. This comprehensive and innovative progressive model, originated 5,000 years, developed 5,000 years, and has evolved continuously for 10,000 years, which is a unique "Chinese miracle" in the history of the world.

4, economic aspects, although the feudal economy is characterized by self-sufficiency, but it can not be said that ancient China is no positive impact on the world economy. China was the first country in the world to grow rice, and the spread of rice cultivation greatly contributed to the development of agriculture in other regions, feeding a larger population.?

5, China and West Asia, Central and South America are the world's three major original civilizations of agriculture originating independently and uniquely, and China is in the forefront of them. Crescent of western Asia on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea, is to produce wheat, barley-based agricultural birthplace, but also sheep, goats and other livestock birthplace; Central and South America is to corn, potato-based agricultural birthplace;

China is rice, corn-based agricultural birthplace, or dogs, pigs, buffaloes, chickens and other livestock and poultry birthplace, and the formation of a "Southern And formed a "southern water rice agriculture - northern dry corn agriculture" dualistic unique agricultural system, the origin of agricultural civilization in the world became one of the three earliest original agricultural civilization.