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China is said to be the source of some of the world's great inventions, including the Four Great Inventions of ancient China, a modern term which was coined by the British scholar Joseph Needham: Paper, the compass, gunpowder, and printing.
First inventions
China is the country where many inventions made it's first appearance. The inventions which made their first appearance in China are listed below.
Other things which are claimed by various authors to have been first discovered, used or promoted by Chinese:
- Abacus
- Acupuncture
- Armillary sphere (also by the Greeks)
- The cannon
- Cast iron
- Chinese calendar
- Chinese food: Tofu, Noodles, Ramen
- Chinese clothing: Qipao, Hanfu
- Crossbow, Repeating crossbow
- Differential (mechanical device) (see Ma Jun)
- Deep Mining Drillbit/petroluem drilling
- Drydock
- Escapement mechanism for clocks
- Fireworks, rockets and multi-staged rockets
- The Flamethrower
- Early explosive grenades
- Hull compartments
- Kite
- Matches
- Odometer (also by Archimedes and Heron of Alexandria)
- Paper money
- Parachutes
- Porcelain
- Restaurants
- Rudder
- Seismograph (of Zhang Heng)
- Suspension bridge
- Silk
- Stirrups
- Tea
- Traditional Chinese medicine
- Umbrella
- Wheelbarrow
Native traditions
- Acupuncture
- Chinese martial arts
- Confucianism
- Taoism
- Chinese calendar
- Chinese cuisine
- Chinese clothing
- Traditional Chinese medicine
See also
External links
- Robert K. G. Temple, The Genius of China: 3,000 Years of Science, Discovery and Invention, Publisher: Prion (October 1, 1998), ISBN 978-1853752926