Ancient China's agricultural farming methods are how to develop and change

The primitive agricultural farming method was mainly slash-and-burn, and bronze farming tools began to be used during the Shang and Zhou periods; during the Spring and Autumn period, iron farming tools appeared; during the Warring States period, iron farming tools were popularized.

Late in the Spring and Autumn period, ox plowing appeared, and was popularized in the Warring States period. From then on, the iron plow and oxen plowing became the main farming method in ancient Chinese agriculture, which was further developed during the Sui and Tang dynasties, with the emergence of curved ploughs and the maturity of China's plowing technology.

With the continuous improvement of production tools, production technology and the construction of water conservancy projects, the agricultural production system of intensive cultivation was formed in the north and the south of China respectively, and became more and more mature.

Extended information:

Borrowing the power of oxen to plough the fields and the continuous improvement of production tools and techniques led to the increasing perfection of the agricultural production model of intensive cultivation, and was one of the characteristics of the ancient Chinese agricultural economy.

In the middle of the Western Han Dynasty, people invented the plow wall. The plow wall, when used, can turn the soil over in a certain direction, and can simultaneously complete the process of turning the soil, stubble, ditching, and ridging, etc. Since then, oxen plowing has been widely used. Since then, oxen plowing has been widely popularized.

Tang Dynasty, in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River has long appeared in the curved plow (also known as Jiangdong plow). The invention of the curved plough was another breakthrough in the reform of agricultural tools since the Han Dynasty. Its appearance marked the basic stereotype of the traditional Chinese walking plow.

Curved plow compared with the previous generation of plows have three advantages:

1, the emergence of curved yamen and plow, which not only reduces its own weight, but also overcomes the shortcomings of the straight yamen plows rotary phase nuisance.

2, plow evaluation, the emergence of the plow tip, so that the depth of the soil into the soil, the width of the soil more at will.

3, the plow bottom is long and slender, and the plow tip is controlled by hand, which makes the ploughing smooth and the depth consistent, which is good for the use of paddy fields.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia - Precision Farming