China inventions

By Timothy.Moran
  • 2700 BCE

    Tea

    Tea
    We know from written accounts that the Chinese have been drinking tea since at least 2700 B.C. For several
    thousand years, tea—made by letting tea leaves steep in boiling water—was drunk mostly as medicine. However, by
    the 8th century C.E., tea had become a hugely popular everyday beverage throughout China. Tea houses had sprung
    up throughout the country. A famous writer, Lu Yu, wrote a book, Cha Jing (Tea Classic),
  • 200 BCE

    Steel

    Steel
  • 100 BCE

    Paper

    Paper
  • 1 BCE

    Porcelain

    Porcelain
    Another Chinese invention is a type of fine pottery called porcelain. Some
    historians think that the Chinese produced the first porcelain as early as the 1st centuryCE