Ancient chinese farming 1

China's Agriculture Tools

By Ksh2774
  • 6000 BCE

    Introduction

    Over the course of history in China farming tools have advanced. I looked for various tools before 1600 AD. I was very intrigued to learn about the various tools that were used, considering my family owns thousands of acres of farm land, and I have worked on it before I never realized how lucky I have been with the advancement in tools over time.
  • 5100 BCE

    Cishan Culture

    Cishan Culture
    The people used stone sickles, shovels and knives as their main agricultural tools, and made pottery by hand.The sickle blades feature fairly uniform serrations, which made the harvesting of grain easier.
  • 4000 BCE

    Harness for horse's

    Harness for horse's
    The harness was developed to ease the stress on the animal while it was pulling either carts, plows, of buggies. It also made it possible for farmers to utilize their animals in the fields.
  • Period: 2600 BCE to 2300 BCE

    Mughal Dynasty

    Levelers and clod crushers, generally consisting of a rectangular beam of wood drawn by bullocks, are used to smooth the surface before sowing. Among hand tools, the most common is the kodali, an iron blade fitted to a wooden handle with which it makes an acute angle.
  • Period: 1271 BCE to 1368 BCE

    Yuan Dynasty

    Huang Daopo, a female textile specialist, converted the spinning wheel into a three-spindle cotton spinning frame that let the cotton industry take a massive leap forward.
  • 1100 BCE

    Deep Drilling

    Deep Drilling
    The Chinese developed a drilling technology to extract brine under the earth’s surface. The deep drilling boreholes technology slowly improved and the ancient Chinese were able to extract natural gas from the boreholes. It was carried by a bamboo pipe to the destination, which was used as the fuel. By the 11th century, the Chinese were able to drill boreholes exceeding 3,000 feet in depth.
  • Period: 650 BCE to 400 BCE

    Zhou Period

    The most important was the invention of iron. It was used for weapons as early as 650 BC. By about 500 BC iron was used for all kinds of tools. By about 400 BC Chinese farmers used iron plows drawn by oxen.
  • Period: 618 BCE to 907 BCE

    Western Han Period

    During the Western Han Period, iron plowshares were common. , China had become one of the most powerful countries in the world in part due to its improvements in farming technology. The curved-shaft blow and bucket carriage expanded available farmland. The former represents the advancement of agriculture at the time; made of both metal and wood, it has 11 component parts, can turn in multiple directions, performs various functions and is easy to operate.
  • Period: 618 BCE to 907 BCE

    Tang Dynasty

    The bucket carriage was a water-powered irrigation tool. Wood or bamboo was used to produce a huge vertical wheel. Its size was determined by the height of the river bank and the flow of the water. Both sides of the wheel had a pillar to support it.The river water pressed against the planks on the wheel, making it revolve. The bamboo or wooden buckets on the planks lifted water from the river and then poured into the canals leading to the fields.
  • 250 BCE

    Seed Drill

    Seed Drill
    Chinese farmer generally used hand to plan the seed, causing most seed's to not germinate. Ancient Chinese find an alternative to this problem. During the reign of Zhou dynasty, they discovered an alternate planting practice that helped to grow crops more rapidly without interfering with each others. However, in the 2nd Century BC, Chinese invented a multi-tube iron seed drills that help them to produce food for larger populations.
  • 234 BCE

    Wheelbarrow

    Wheelbarrow
    There were two types of Wheelbarrow that were common: Front wheeled wheelbarrows and centrally mounted the wheel. The Centrally mounted wheel didn’t require a huge amount of energy to pull the wheelbarrow, the total weight was distributed equally between the wheels and pullers that made it convenient to use. The wheelbarrows were used heavily by the builder, soldiers, traders, farmers.
  • Period: 100 BCE to 200 BCE

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