Chinese Inventions

By khloe.rees@ssdstudent.org
  • 2700 BCE

    Tea

    Tea
    The tea was first made in China by chines people by letting leaves steep in boiling water, this tea was first used as medicine.
  • Period: 300 BCE to 1400

    Chinese History

  • 200 BCE

    Steel

    Steel
    The Chinese were the first to learn how to make cast iron by melting and molding iron ore. Later they learned that blowing air into molten, or melted, cast iron causes a chemical reaction that creates steel.
  • 50

    Porcelain

    Porcelain
    Porcelain is a type of pottery created by Chinese. It is made by combining clay with the minerals quartz and feldspar. This mixture is baked in a kiln or a pottery oven with very high temperatures. Later on pottery became a beautiful popular art.
  • 150

    Paper

    Paper
    The earliest Chinese paper was probably made from hemp and then bark of the mulberry tree. Later, the Chinese used rags. For a while only Chinese knew of paper making.
  • 750

    Mechanical Clock

    Mechanical Clock
    The Chinese invented the first wheel that made one complete wheel every 24 hours. Dripping water made the wheel turn. Every quarter hour, drums would beat; and every hour, a bell would chime. The sounds would let people know what time it was.
  • 850

    Gunpowder

    Gunpowder
    Gunpowder was created by Chinese alchemists by mistake when they were looking for the secret to eternal life.
  • 850

    Game Cards

    Game Cards
    Game cards were invented in china. The cards were made with woodblock printing and thick paper. The designs on the cards were created by famous artists. Today card games are played throughout the world.
  • 850

    Paper Money

    Paper Money
    Paper money was invented as a new type of currency invented by Chinese. Paper money was first created with wood blocks, and is now used in many different designs all over the world.
  • 1050

    Movable Type

    Movable Type
    Printers made their type by by carving characters out of clay and baking them.To print, they selected the characters they needed and placed them on an iron frame in order they would appear on a page. Later on this invention got easier and spread learning through China. Movable type was used until the last century for newspapers, books, and magazines for people all over the world.