Ancient Chinese Contributions

Ancient Chinese Contributions

Introduction

In this era of fast cars and fast foods, have we ever thought about the ones who have perhaps facilitated us to live a very comfortable and easy life? With the progression of technology in all spheres of life, there are possibly a number of things one could never think living without, yet apparently small they may seem to be! In this regard, ancient China has been significant in providing us a number of well-known inventions that have had played a very important role in our lives (Shaw, 2003). A lot of useful inventions that we can count on today are a blessing of ancient China. Thus, here in this paper we will discuss some of these useful inventions.

Ten Useful Ancient Chinese Inventions or Contributions

Compass

Gun Powder

Paper and Paper Making

Tea

Deep Drilling

Printing

Ship's Rudder

Bristle Toothbrush

Porcelain

Chopsticks (Shaw, 2003)

Four Most Ingenious or Innovative Ancient Chinese Inventions

In my opinion, the four most innovative inventions of Ancient China are paper and papermaking, compass, printing and bristle toothbrush.

Why these Four Inventions or Contributions are the Most Useful Inventions or Contributions from the Ancient Chinese?

Paper and Papermaking

Paper and papermaking is the most well known inventions of Ancient China. The procedure of papermaking was initially introduced in China. In the beginning years, throughout the dynasty of the Zhou and Shang, any kind of documentation was carried out by means of bamboo. Latest research has established that paper was being utilized in China a lot earlier than Cai Lun's development. Cai Lun is considered to have discovered the paper and also the whole procedure of papermaking, around105 AD (Deng, 2011). He is also known to be the first one who actively participated in the improvisation of the procedure. Some results have also discovered that paper was utilized in Ancient China to cover objects that required some sort ...