What farming tools are used for sowing in the spring and harvesting in the fall?

Sowing tools are columbines, while harvesting tools include pinches, sickles and short stilettos.

"A grain of corn is sown in spring and ten thousand seeds are harvested in autumn" is from "Two Songs on Compassionate Farming - One of Them" by Li Shen, a poet of the Middle Tang Dynasty, and according to the records of the Tang Dynasty's Fan Setting forth "The Friends' Discussions at Yunxi" and the "Book of the Former Tang Dynasty" (Old Tang Dynasty) and "Biographies of Lv Wei" (Old Tang Dynasty), the poems can be presumed to have been written by Li Shen in the fifteenth year of Zhengyuan (799), the first year of the Tang Dynasty's reign. It can be assumed that these poems were written by Li Shen in the fifteenth year of Emperor Dezong's reign (799). Therefore, the agricultural tools used in the poem should be those invented before the Middle Tang Dynasty.

The columbarium is the earliest sowing tool used in China, invented in the Eastern Han Dynasty during the period of Emperor Liu Xiu, by the columbarium frame, columbarium, columbarium, columbarium legs, columbarium shovels and other components. There is a leg of columbine to seven legs of columbine variety, to two legs of columbine sowing more uniform. Can sow barley, wheat, soybean, sorghum and so on. Harvesting tools include pinch knife for harvesting ears, sickle for harvesting stems, short stiffness and so on.

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China's Ancient Agricultural Tools Changes

1, Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods

This period, China's agricultural tools underwent a major change, saying goodbye to a number of simple sticks, ropes, and stones. The emergence of iron, so that agricultural productivity has made a qualitative leap. V-shaped iron plow reduces the resistance of plowing, iron plugs to increase the depth of turning the soil, iron hoe can be effectively used for weeding, loosening the soil, re-soiling and cultivation. In addition, this period to promote an effective threshing agricultural tools even flail for later generations of long-term use.

2, the Qin and Han to the Sui and Tang dynasties

In the formation of China's unification of the Qin and Han Dynasties, agricultural tools have entered a higher stage, becoming a "strong composite" characteristics.

3. Song and Yuan Dynasties

Farming tools in the Song and Yuan Dynasties focused on "dynamics" and made various improvements. The power of the agricultural tools and the connecting device of the working machine were improved to increase the efficiency. In addition, the use of back-end production tools was enhanced by changing the components of the tools according to the terrain of the land.

The columbine that can plow 20 acres in a day, the harvesting implement that combines 3 parts of wheat cage, samarium, and wheat nickel, and the multi-purpose water wheel "Shuiwan Sanshou", etc., were cleverly utilized to understand the laws of nature with the help of external forces. It is said that the grain processed in a day by "Suwon Sansei" can be eaten by more than 1,000 families.

4, Ming and Qing dynasties

Ming and Qing dynasties of agricultural tools compared to the Yuan Dynasty did not change much, the development is relatively slow, but some agricultural tools are still improved. During this period in the north of China appeared dew hoe, the south appeared in the insect comb, de-worming skid, etc., there are also made of antlers farming tools. Reflected the degree of traditional agricultural intensive farming is getting higher and higher. In addition, due to the development of iron and steel metallurgy and casting technology, the creation and improvement of agricultural parts has also made great progress.

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