Li Shizhen(1518-1593) was born in Qizhou (present-day Qichun county) of Hubei province, and inherited the ancestors' medical knowledge and skills...
Culture
The Great Wall is one of the wonders of the architectural history of the world, well-known for its long history,...
China is one of the three major seedbeds of the world's horticulture (the other two are West Asia and Greece)....
China boasts a long history of palatial architectureover 3,600 years. The Erlitou site of Yanshi of Henan province was believed...
China was one of the earliest countries to develop navigation and for a long period before the late ancient time...
Chinese traditional acoustics and temperament are inextricably related. In view of the important status of rites and music in Confucianism,...
IV Accomplishment in Late Ancient Times(1368-1911, Ming and Qing dynasties) Chinese ancient science and technology entered a phase of gradual...
Song and Yuan dynasties were a prime period for development of ancient Chinese science and technology, with scientists and specialists...
The agricultural study of Song and Yuan dynasties,a key period for China's development of agricultural theories and technology, remains an...
Chinese maths in Song and Yuan dynasties was a highlight of al the disciplines of science. In addition, it was...
Guo Shoujing（1231-1316）was a Chinese astronomer，water conservancy specialist and instrument maker during Yuan dynasty.His major contributions were in hydraulics，the study of...
Shen Kuo（approximately 1031-1095）was among the greatest scientists in Chinese history of science and technology.He was a native of Qiantang（present-day Hangzhou...
Zu Chongzhi (429-500) was an outstanding mathematician, astronomer and mechanical device maker during Southern and Northern dynasties. For several generations...
Zhang Heng (73-139) was a well-known scientist, thinker and writer. He lived almost in the same period with the ancient...
In Western Jin dynasty, China had a famous cartographer and mapping theorist Pei Xiu (224-271). Heput forth an epochal mapping...
The Grand Canal refers to the canal stretching from Beijing to Hangzhou. It was the main waterway channel connecting northern...
Pottery invention was independent in the world, but porcelain was created uniquely by the Chinese forbearers. Chinese porcelain invention, therefore,...
The four great inventions refer to the four Chinese ancient key inventions: compass, paper-making, printing, and gunpowder. They remain a...
Chinese traditional medicine is a discipline with a distinctive theoretical system. Disease records can be readfrom the inscriptions on bones...
China is the world's largest center for crop cultivation. As aforesaid, there are rice cropping relics unearthed from Daoxian county...