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Characteristics of traditional science and technology

Features:

(1) China ancient science and technology is practical, serving the needs of production and consolidating its rule.

(2) Most ancient scientific and technological works in China are direct records of production experience or intuitive descriptions of natural phenomena, which are very empirical.

(3) The technicalization tendency of ancient scientific theories is serious, and these technologies are not open and have not been transformed into universal productive forces.