China in Utensils

"China in Objects" Author: Lingyun Shangui That night when the fire illuminated the cave, Chinese civilization had no name yet. From a polished stone tool to a boiling iron pot; From the ritual order in the bronze tripod to the thousands of miles of mountains and rivers on paper; From the grain ships on the canal, to the old times collapsing under the roar of steam engines; And then to today's mobile phones and invisible data networks in our pockets—— Chinese people's lives have always been slowly shaped by artifacts. "China in Instruments" does not attempt to praise "leading the world", nor does it indulge in mythical historical fantasy. It is more concerned about: Why does an artifact appear? Who made it; who uses it for the first time; How does it change the fate of ordinary people little by little. There is no suspended history here. Some are: *The blacksmith in the fire, *Boatman on the river, *The poor scholar copying books late at night, *The peasant woman cooking at the stove, *Soldiers who faced firearms for the first time on the battlefield, *And those ordinary people who are carried forward by the current of the times. They may not have left their names, but together they shaped the true appearance of Chinese civilization. This book is based on real historical materials, archaeological discoveries and the logic of the evolution of artifacts, and systematically sorts out the development history of important artifacts in China from ancient times to modern times in chronological order. It's not just about technology. Even more: *survive, *war, *Business and trade, *Knowledge, *The most authentic life with Chinese people for thousands of years