The Four Great Inventions in Ancient China refer to the four most important inventions in ancient China, namely Gunpowder, Compass, Paper-making and Movable Type Printing. They have not only had a profound impact on the development of Chinese civilization, but also advanced the development of world civilization.
The history of compass can date back to the period of Warring States (475BC~221BC). During that time, working people used an instrument called Sinan, the earliest form of compass, to find their way.
Movable Type Printing, invented by Bi Sheng in the 1040s, is a way of printing that allows individual characters to be arranged to form words.
Before the invention of paper-making, people had used various natural materials to keep records. With the invention of paper, knowledge can be passed widely and quickly to the common people, which made great contribution to the spread and development of civilization.
Gunpowder, also called huo yao in Chinese, literally means flaming medicine in Chinese. Unlike paper and printing, the birth of gunpowder was quite accidental.
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