What was the most commonly used agricultural tool in ancient times?

In ancient times, the most widely used agricultural tool was Lugou.

This kind of farm tool is called Liuzhou in Mandarin, Youzhou in Shaanxi, Luzhu in Shandong and Luchu in Gansu. It is a cylindrical agricultural tool made of stone, which is cylindrical in shape, slightly larger in the middle and smaller at both ends. It is suitable to rotate around a center and then be pulled by people, livestock or tractors with wooden frames on both ends of the shaft.

Its use is mainly used for grinding. Usually, people scatter mature crops such as grain and wheat in the field and use livestock to pull the wheels to turn. By rolling, the grain and peel can be separated to achieve the function of threshing. Of course, people have replaced it with threshers now.

Basic meaning

Agriculture is a production department where people use the life functions of animals and plants to transform natural substances and products that can be used by human beings. At present, agriculture can be divided into two categories: plant cultivation (farming, planting) and animal breeding (breeding).

Traditional farm tools are the general name of agricultural production tools invented and passed down in history. Traditional farm tools have the characteristics of local materials, portability, versatility and wide application. According to the ancient legend, the first farm tool was Lei Lei, and the farm tool with clear literature records was the plowshare of the Western Han Dynasty. Ploughshares are pulled by livestock and supported by people behind them, which can complete ditching and sowing at the same time.

Agricultural tools can be divided into tillage and soil preparation, fertilization, sowing, intertillage weeding, irrigation and drainage, harvesting, transportation, threshing, processing, storage and other tools, collectively referred to as agricultural tools.