When did the two oxen carry the bar appear?

The two oxen carrying the kong appeared in the Nanzhao period, traditional farming techniques. "Two oxen lifting the bar" is a special farming method in the Nanzhao period, also known as "two oxen and three men" farming method. When plowing, two oxen about seven or eight feet apart, the middle of the horizontal lift a "bar", "bar" after the continuation of the plow.

One person in front of the oxen; a person sitting on the "bar", feet on the plow, control the plowshare into the soil depth; a person in the back to support the plow handle. This way of farming, can still be seen in Yunnan and some places in the northwest minority areas.

Expanded Information

Ancient China was a large agricultural country, and everything depended on the cultivation of farmland, which was widely reflected in the Han portrait stones. Han portrait stone unearthed in Henan, Shandong, Jiangsu, Anhui, Shaanxi, Sichuan and other vast areas, many of which are reflecting the local folk customs of the picture, has an important historical value and historical research value.

The Han Dynasty, the period of rapid development of agricultural production, large tracts of wasteland reclamation and utilization, agricultural water conservancy repair, so that the expansion of arable land area, the growth of crops has a material guarantee. The Han government attached great importance to the smelting and casting of iron farming tools, making iron farming tools widely used in agricultural production, improving the efficiency of agricultural production.

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