Transcript Waita_China_PPT_2014_files/Amazing Chinese Inventions

BY JAMES WINSTON JAVIER CLAXTON JILLIAN FRISCIA AND LUCAS JOY




The Chinese have invented so many
great, awesome, useful, and very helpful
inventions. Throughout China’s long
history people still use these inventions all
around the world 24/7. Some of these
inventions are:
Paper/money, printing, gunpowder,
matches, toothbrushes, fishing rods,
kites, and many more inventions to come.
I think a lot of other people will make
some inventions that will change the
world.
This is a Chinese rocket launcher
Chinese Wood Block printing is
one of China’s greatest
inventions, here’s why:
 Throughout China’s long
history, Wood Block printing
has occupied an important
position as a handcrafted
manufacture. Wood Block
printing has made a
tremendous contribution to
the spread of knowledge. The
first illustration of Wood Block
printing was during the tang
dynasty by a man named Bi
Sheng. Bi Sheng must have
been a very smart person.

Another one of china’s
greatest inventions is
moveable type printing. This
printing station was created
by a man named Bi Sheng
who also created Wood Block
printing. Later on the
technology spread to Korea
so people all around Asia used
the printing. I wonder what
Asia would be like if Bi Sheng
didn’t invent movable
printing.




One of the greatest
inventions in the world,
paper was first created in
china in the second
century. The invention
paper also helped the
Chinese invent the world’s
first paper money. The
Chinese coin was made of
bronze, copper, and had a
square hole in the middle. I
wonder what the world
would be like without the
Chinese inventing money.

Gunpowder was one of
China’s greatest
inventions, it was used for
explosives and guns. They
used Gunpowder for the
explosives in barrels and
bombs. Also Gunpowder
was used for guns, in the
past guns had to be loaded
after each shot. Do you
think Gunpowder can be
used for other reasons?

Another invention from
China is matches. The
reason matches were
useful then was because
they had no electricity so
they could use a match for
light. The reason now is so
we don’t need to waste
electricity and save it for
later and instead use
matches. Do you think
matches are useful?

The kite was a great invention. It
was invented in China around
three thousand years ago. No
one really knows when the first
kite was flown, but legend has it
that a Chinese farmer tied his hat
to a string to keep it from
blowing away. The earliest kites
were used to carry messages to
signal people from far away. Over
time, kite flying developed into a
hobby for the Chinese and is now
enjoyed worldwide.

The Chinese made these
early kites out of bamboo
and silk. When Ts’ai Lun
invented paper during the
Han dynasty people began
to make kites out of paper
instead of silk. By the time
of Tang’s dynasty, most
kites were made out of
paper instead of silk. I think
the Chinese made a fun
and very useful invention

The earthquake detector
was another great
invention from China. The
earthquake detector was
invented by Zhang Heng.
Zhang lived during the Han
dynasty.

Zhang’s earthquake detector was a
giant barrel almost 6 feet round.
Eight dragons hung down along the
outside of the barrel. Under each
dragon sat eight bronze toads, each
dragon had a small ball in their
mouth. A thin stick was placed down
the center of the barrel. When the
ground shook the stick would drop
the ball into one of the eight toads’
mouths. The sound of the ball
striking one of the eight toads would
let people know there was an
earthquake coming and would give
them a signal of where the
earthquake was coming from. I think
the earthquake detector was a very
important and useful invention.



This is a picture of a firework called a
firework rainbow.



Fireworks were invented by the
ancient Chinese back in the 7th century.
Fireworks were in a lot of festivals
back then. In China, Chinese people
could get fireworks from market
vendors. Some people even wrote
about fireworks! One person who
wrote about fireworks called them
Chinese flowers. The people who
invented fireworks were called pyro
technicians.

Chinese fireworks were popular around the
17th century. A quote from a person was ”they
make such fireworks no one in Europe has
ever seen”. During the Song Dynasty grand
firework displays were held. Fireworks were a
culture of China and had it’s origin there until
the knowledge of fireworks spread to many
other cultures and societies.

Inventions all around the world have gotten
better. Do you want to invent something? If
you do you should try.