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1. ANCIENT CHINA
INVENTIONS AND TECHNOLOGY

2. "The Dynasties Song"
(the major Chinese dynasties in
chronological order)
Shang, Zhou, Qin, Han
Shang, Zhou, Qin, Han
Sui, Tang, Song
Sui, Tang, Song
Yuan, Ming, Qing, Republic
Yuan, Ming, Qing, Republic
Mao Zedong
Mao Zedong

3. Engineering
 The GrandCanal
 The Great Wall of China.

4. Silk
 Silkwasa soft and light material much desired by the wealthythroughout the world.
 The Chinese learnedhowto make silk fromthe cocoonsof silkworms.
 Theymanaged to keepthe processfor making silka secret for hundreds of years.

5. Paper
 Paperwas invented by the Chinese
 Theyalso introducedinterestinguses for paperlike paper moneyand playingcards.
 The firstpaper wasinventedin the 2ndcenturyBC and themanufacture laterperfected
around105AD.

6. Printing
 Wood block printing was inventedin AD868
 Moveable type around 200 years later.
 This was actuallyhundreds of years before the invention of the printing press by Gutenberg
in Europe.

7. The Compass
 The Chinese invented the magnetic compass to helpdeterminethe correct direction.
 Theyusedthis in cityplanningat first, but it became veryimportant to map makers and for
the navigation of ships.

8. Gunpowder
 Gunpowder was inventedin the 9th centuryby chemiststryingto find the Elixirof
Immortality.
 Not long after, engineers figured out howto use gunpowder for militaryuses suchas bombs,
guns, mines, and even rockets.
 Theyalso invented fireworks andmade great beautiful displays of fireworks for celebrations.

9. Boat Rudder
 The rudder was invented as a wayto steerlarge ships.
 This enabled the Chinese to build huge ships as earlyas 200 AD, well before theywere ever
built in Europe.

10. Other inventions
 Umbrella
 Porcelain

11. Other inventions
 Wheelbarrow
 Iron casting

12. Other inventions
 Hot air balloons
 Seismographs to measure earthquakes

13. Other inventions
 kites
 Matches

14. Other inventions
 stirrups for riding horses
 Acupuncture

15. CHINESE TRADITIONFACTS

16. • The dragon is regardedas a symbol of goodfortune.
• Chinese emperors calledthemselves dragons' sons, born with power to
rule the country.

17. • Phoenix, the antithesis of the dragon representing feminine power.
• Both creatures are auspicious in Chinese culture.

18. • Emperors used eunuchs as servants, as many concubines lived in the palaces.
• Besides the emperors, only the imperial family had eunuchs.
• Withthe end of the Qing Dynasty (1644–1912) so came the end of tradition

19. • China was the first country in the worldto use paper money.
• The first type of papermoney wascalled jiaozi
• Printed in 1023 during the Northern Song dynasty

20. •Foot-binding was the practice of curling young girls' feet to modify their shape.
•Foot-binding startedduring the Northern Song period (960–1127) and became
prevalent during the Southern Song period(1127–1279).