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What are the brilliant achievements of my ancient handicraft production?

A, metallurgical industry:

1. Copper smelting: From Erlitou culture period to the end of the Spring and Autumn Period, it was the bronze age in China, and the bronze casting skills in Shang and Zhou Dynasties were quite mature.

2. Iron smelting industry: People invented the technology of smelting pig iron and steel in the Spring and Autumn Period.

3. Fuel: Before the Han Dynasty, people used charcoal as fuel. From the Han Dynasty, coal was used as fuel, and it became popular in the Northern Song Dynasty. At the end of the Southern Song Dynasty, it was changed to cola, which became popular in the Ming Dynasty.

Two. Textile industry:

1. Silk industry: In ancient times, people learned the technology of sericulture and reeling. From the Western Zhou Dynasty, the silk industry made rapid progress, and became a silk country in the Han Dynasty, until the silk reeling technology appeared in the Tang Dynasty.

2. Cotton textile industry: cotton planting was extended to the mainland in the late Song Dynasty and early Yuan Dynasty, and "bullet-resistant textile" was popularized in Huang Daopo in the Yuan Dynasty. She invented the pedal three-spindle spinning wheel instead of manual one-spindle spinning wheel, and advanced technology made Songjiang the national cotton textile industry center in Yuan and Ming Dynasties. In the late Ming Dynasty, cotton cloth became the main source of clothing.

At first, it was closely related to agriculture and belonged to the cottage industry of farmers' sideline nature. After the second social division of labor, handicraft industry was separated from agriculture and formed an independent individual handicraft industry. It is characterized by family as a unit, decentralized management and private means of production. The main types are: self-produced and self-sold handicrafts, circulating handicrafts that directly serve consumers and handicrafts that are processed by buyers or factories. Later, it developed into a simple cooperative capitalist handicraft workshop and workshop handicraft industry.

China handicraft industry has a long history, numerous industries and wide distribution, and occupies an important position in the national economy. After 1949, craftsmen embarked on the road of socialist cooperation and gradually stepped into the track of modernization. The handicraft industry has been revitalized, the level of mechanization has been continuously improved, and the excellent national traditions have been inherited and innovated. Developing handicraft industry plays an important role in producing daily consumer goods, creating artistic treasures, meeting people's material and cultural needs, increasing employment opportunities and promoting national economic development. After the reform and opening up, China's handicraft industry has developed greatly. Handicraft products can not only sell well in the domestic market, but also be welcomed in the international market, which has played a certain role in creating foreign exchange and increasing accumulation for the country.