Chinese Inventions aka Zhou Han

Paper

105

The Han Dynasty created sheets of paper using mulberry and other bast fibres along with fishnets, old rags, and hemp waste.

Deep Drill for Natural Gas

105

Cable tool drilling was used with a four-leg rig made of bamboo bundles, above which a drilling tool bit hanging on a rope was being moved. The movement was caused either by a seesaw or by directly pulling a rope. This would lift the drill bit above the drill bottom and which would fall due to gravity. By twisting the rope, the drilling bit could be moved or turned.

Wheelbarrow

110

The wheelbarrow may have well been invented in the Han Dynasty (206BC-220AD). After the Three Kingdoms Period, wheelbarrows were largely used throughout the country, and even now they can still be seen in some rural parts.

Suspension Bridge

200

The earliest suspension bridges were ropes slung across a chasm, with a deck possibly at the same level or hung below the ropes so that the rope has a catenary shape.

Umbrella

330

Ancient umbrellas were first designed to provide shade from the sun. The Chinese were the first to waterproof their umbrellas for use as rain protection. They waxed and lacquered their paper parasols in order to use them for rain.

Gunpowder

Sep 19, 700

Playing Cards

Sep 19, 700

Dominoes

Sep 20, 723

Compass

Sep 19, 1000

Explosives

Sep 19, 1161

Kite

Mar 2, 2022

It is not certain as to where the first kites came from, but it is said that they were first known to the people of the China. They used to use it to fish, attaching bait to the tail of the kite and a web to catch the fish.

Oldest Printed Book

Mar 2, 2022