Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - Traditional festivals - In the ancient handicraft industry of China, besides metallurgy, porcelain making and silk weaving, there are many industries that are ahead of the world. Try to explain it by investigating and collec

In the ancient handicraft industry of China, besides metallurgy, porcelain making and silk weaving, there are many industries that are ahead of the world. Try to explain it by investigating and collec

In the ancient handicraft industry of China, besides metallurgy, porcelain making and silk weaving, there are many industries that are ahead of the world. Try to explain it by investigating and collecting information. Paper-making industry: paper existed in the early Western Han Dynasty, and Cai Lun improved paper-making in the Eastern Han Dynasty; During the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, paper replaced bamboo slips as the main writing tool.

shipbuilding industry

In the Tang dynasty, it was able to build the largest seagoing ship in the world at that time, and it was known as the "overlord at sea"; It can also manufacture various types of warships using propellers, which is the earliest ship prototype using mechanical power in the world.

The invention of compass in Song Dynasty had an important influence on the development of shipbuilding technology in China. Zheng He's voyages to the West in Ming Dynasty reflected the superb level of China's shipbuilding technology.

press

Salt production

Spring and Autumn Period and Warring States Period: Pool Salt, Well Salt and Sea Salt Han Dynasty: Salt and Iron Monopoly