Xinqiniang-In the 10 century, the resin lamp (Kongming Lantern) was invented as a signal lamp in war, which was the first time for China people to use hot air balloons. At the same time, the lantern was invented, which was the ancestor of aviation gas turbine.

In ancient times, the lantern-riding lantern was called Pan Guo Lantern (Qin and Han Dynasties), Xianyin Candle, Zhulu Lantern (Tang Dynasty) and Horse Riding Lantern (Song Dynasty), which is a special handicraft in China and one of the traditional holiday toys. Common in New Year's Eve, Lantern Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival and other festivals. Also known as the lantern, string lantern. Woven by bamboo into horsehead and ponytail.

The brightly colored paper tied to the body has now been replaced by silk. In the past, the Lantern Festival was usually performed on festive days such as the Spring Festival. It was composed of twenty11-14-year-old children, who danced and sang, and formed different formations according to the rhythm, which implied happiness, prosperity of wealth and abundant crops.

2. Compass

China is recognized as the country that invented the Compass in the world. The invention of compass is the result of the long-term practice of working people in ancient China to understand the magnetism of objects. Due to productive labor, people came into contact with magnetite and began to understand its magnetic properties. People first discovered the property that magnets attract iron, and later discovered the directivity of magnets.

After many experiments and studies, a practical compass was finally invented. The earliest compass was made of natural magnets, which shows that the working people in ancient China discovered natural magnets and their iron attraction very early.

According to ancient records, as far back as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the productive forces have developed greatly, especially agricultural production, which has promoted the development of mining and smelting industries. In the long-term production practice, people know magnets from iron ore. The earliest compass was Sina.

3. Papermaking

Papermaking is one of the four great inventions in China and an outstanding invention in the history of human civilization. China is the first country in the world to raise silkworms and weave silk. In ancient China, the working people spun silk from the superior cocoons, and the rest of the evil cocoons and diseased cocoons were made of silk floss by bleaching. After floating, some residual flocs will be left on the mat.

When the number of flossing is more, the residual flossing on the mat will accumulate into a fiber sheet, which can be peeled off after drying and can be used for writing. The number of by-products of this kind of floe is small, and it is called "Heqi" or "Square Flock" in ancient books. This shows that the origin of China's papermaking is related to silk wadding.

4, gunpowder

Gunpowder was invented by an ancient alchemist in China during the Sui and Tang Dynasties, and it has been more than 1000 years since. The study of gunpowder began with the ancient Taoist alchemy. The ancients refined Dan medicine in order to live forever. The purpose and motivation of alchemy were advanced, but its experimental method still had some merits, which finally led to the invention of gunpowder.

Although alchemists have mastered certain chemical methods, their direction is to seek immortality medicine, and the invention of gunpowder is a by-product. The alchemists usually "crouch" the stone medicine with fierce toxicity such as sulfur and arsenic before use, and "crouch" means surrender. The procedure of losing or reducing toxicity is called "subduing fire".

5. Printing

China was the first country to invent printing in the world. In the early printing, pictures and texts were engraved on wooden boards and printed with ink. This method is still used for woodcut watermark painting, which is collectively referred to as "woodcut printing" (also known as "woodcut printing"). The predecessor of woodcut printing was the popular seal stamping in BC and the rubbings and steles that appeared later. After the emergence of production technologies such as papermaking and ink making, block printing technology was gradually invented.

According to the research of historian Deng Guangming, block printing was invented in the Tang Dynasty and was widely used in the middle and late Tang Dynasty. Although movable type printing was invented in Song Dynasty, block printing was still widely used.