Knowledge about bamboo rafts

Raft, a simple water vehicle, is a raft made of long logs.

China has a long history of sailing and shipbuilding. Archaeology has proved that bamboo rafts, rafts and canoes could be made in China at least 7000 years ago. The earliest bamboo raft was a raft composed of several bamboo poles, which went down the river and could also be propelled by paddles, paddles and poles.

Citation interpretation

A raft made of wood.

"History of Song Dynasty Official History V": "Bian River is locked up and down, Cai River is locked up and down, and the sign of boats and rafts is collected." Yuan Dynasty's Biography of the Tusi: "The Tusi ordered the building of a raft, and sent Ba Dou, the son of the great scholar Huachi from Wenshang, to kill 500 soldiers on the raft." Shen Ming Defu's Trilateral Road by Night Fire, River Caos and Guanshan: "That is, salt boats and rafts have no stagnation today." Zhou Lianggong's Biography of Mr. Zhang in the Qing Dynasty: "When filling the city with water, Mr. Zhang took several volumes of poems at his own expense, reached his brother-in-law and jade master, and wrote them on the raft." Lu Xun's New Stories: Water Control: "But the first thing that matters is to send a large raft as soon as possible to take the Confucians to lofty heights." [ 1]

Initiation time

Raft [vehicle]

The invention of the raft originated from many rivers in the south. At first, it may be found that people can catch driftwood to survive after falling into the water, and then there are rows of rafts made of wood or bamboo. There are records of large-scale use in the war of the Southern and Northern Dynasties. It was invented earlier, of course. Although our nation has a history of civilization of more than 5,000 years, the southern minorities actually have no such long records, so there is no history to check.

So I can only know that the raft was invented a long time ago, but it is impossible to be exact.