i just read on here that the chinese invented a lot of things we have today. so, what are they?
2007-06-16 15:49:28 · 29 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
According to them?
Most everything.
Cheers!
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2007-06-16 15:52:16 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The problem with this question is what do you define as 'ice cream'. The ancient Romans and Chinese (and Sumerians) had frozen or shaved ice foods with fruit and sugar flavours. The inclusion of dairy products appears to have happened 'here and there' in cultures that used milk (which the Chinese largely didn't), but the invention of 'modern' ice cream can be traced back to Europe (a very cow-milk oriented culture) in the 1700's. Your observation about the Chinese and food is fairly accurate. Some have observed that China had a 'famine' food culture - basically over time they have encountered so many 'bad times' that they have found ways of eating just about anything. It could also be observed that eating and food was central to Chinese social life (still is) and one-upmanship in foodstuffs was a way of displaying wealth and status. Hence folk would look for impossibly exotic and rare things to serve their guests. There's a bit of that in the west where folk will pay $1000 for an omelette in New York. For references try these two.
2016-05-17 14:13:32 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Chinese have been inventing things for literally thousands of years - some that have been lost and forgotten in time until they were rediscovered centuries later, others that were profound, they still hold a high regard in today's world - the seismoscope, gun powder, compass and fireworks to name but a few.
Try these links, which list just a few of the inventions. The first is a small compendium of links that broaden on any given subject -
2007-06-16 15:57:41 · answer #3 · answered by Lief Tanner 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Paper
Compass
Gunpowder
Printing (woodblock printing and movable type)
Chinese cuisine: Tofu, Noodles, Ramen
Chinese clothing: Qipao, Hanfu
Crossbow, Repeating crossbow
Fireworks, rockets and multi-staged rockets
Horse collar
Hull compartments
Kite
Land mines
Matches
Naval mines
Seismograph (of Zhang Heng)
Silk
Traditional Chinese medicine
Deep Mining Drillbit/petroleum drilling
The cannon
Cast iron
Restaurants
Paper money
Chopsticks
Modern Rudder
2007-06-16 15:52:09 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Pasta, fireworks, gunpowder, paper, kites to name just a few. Read the link below "History of Chinese Inventions."
Have you ever googled? Try it sometime.
2007-06-16 15:57:06 · answer #5 · answered by Linda R 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chop sticks, the Wok, and sweet and sour pork. Also those highly effective cone shaped hats! They invented a method of creating a fabric from insect secretions too. They were also pretty innovative at building walls.
2007-06-16 15:55:56 · answer #6 · answered by The Oldest Man In The World 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
So I guess you do not like Chinese people. Too bad, I like them a lot. I find them to be very friendly and they put a high premium on family values and education. I wish more Americans would do the same.
2007-06-16 16:00:20 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some believe that the art of Bonsai,originated in China. The Japanese borrowed the art form and have added a great wealth of knowledge to it and have received the greatest applause for their contribution.....Others believe that it may have it's deepest roots in Egypt.(pun acknowledged)
Hey you know what they throw at Chinese Weddings?
I'll give you time to guess xxxxxxxxxx French Fries.
2007-06-16 16:08:53 · answer #8 · answered by bonsai bobby 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Printing, paper, gunpowder/fireworks, alarm systems. Among other things.
2007-06-16 16:07:01 · answer #9 · answered by angafeabeta 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they invented the internet in 1392, but the evil time-oprah went back in time from the year 3456 and destroyed it
2007-06-16 15:54:10 · answer #10 · answered by funaholic 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋