List of Chinese inventions

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China is said to be the source of some of the world's great inventions, including the Four Great Inventions of ancient China, a modern term which was coined by the British scholar Joseph Needham: Paper, the compass, gunpowder, and printing.

Contents

1 First inventions
2 Native traditions
3 See also
4 External links

China is the country where many inventions made it's first appearance. The inventions which made their first appearance in China are listed below.

gunpowder
printing (woodblock printing and movable type)

Other things which are claimed by various authors to have been first discovered, used or promoted by Chinese:

Abacus
Acupuncture
The cannon
Cast iron^{[citation needed]}
Chinese calendar
Chinese food: Tofu, Noodles, Ramen
Chinese clothing: Qipao, Hanfu
Crossbow, Repeating crossbow
Deep Mining Drillbit/petroluem drilling^{[citation needed]}
Escapement mechanism for clocks
Fireworks, rockets and multi-staged rockets
Early explosive grenades
Hull compartments
Kite
Matches
Porcelain
Restaurants
Mechanical Seismograph (of Zhang Heng)
Suspension bridge^{[citation needed]}
Silk
Stirrups
Tea (Arcording to a Chinese legend, but could also originated from Myanmar or India)
Traditional Chinese medicine
Umbrella
Wheelbarrow

List of tributaries of Imperial China

Robert K. G. Temple, The Genius of China: 3,000 Years of Science, Discovery and Invention, Publisher: Prion (October 1, 1998), ISBN 978-1853752926

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