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Bambooware
China,home of bamboo,makes extensive use of the plant as a material for articles of daily use and interior decoration. In many southern provinces like Human and Sichuan which abound in bamboo groves,the local people build housed,suspension bridges a...
Boat with Black Awning
The boat,covered with an awning that is woven with thin bamboo strips and painted shiny black,is a traditional means of water transportation peculiar to Shaoxing,a water-bound place in south China.It is small of capacity,four metres long and one met...
Abacus
The abacus was a great invention in ancient China and has been called by some Western writers ithe earliest calculating machine in the world. The abacus has a long history behind it.It was already mentioned in a book of the Eastern Han Dynasty,namely...
Steelyard
The steelyard is a Chinese invention.As early as 200 B.C.,China began to make a scale of this type big enough to weigh several hundred pounds.The steelyard consisted of the following parts:an arm,a hook,lifting cords and a weigh.The arm or beam meas...
Food Steamers
Food steamers are a kind of kitchen utensils most commonly used in China.Generally made of bamboo strips,they vary in size from more than a metre in diameter,as those used in public canteens and restaurant kitchens,to only about 30 centimetres,as th...
Old Ration Coupons
In the early years of New China commodities were in such short supply under central planning that the government had to ration the supply in order to provide for the worldis largest population.Thus coupon tickets were issued.Here we call them old cou...
Umbrellas
China is believed to be the home of umbrellas,which are still universally used in the country.The earliest umbrellas are known to have existed at least two thousand years ago and were made of silk. At present,umbrellas in China are made of various m...
Fans
Hand-held fans are still a necessity in summer in most prts of China.They fall in two major categories:the folding and the unfolding.They may be made in several forms(round,square,oval,hexagonal,sunflower and so on)and of different materials(paper,f...
Stove and Warmers
Stoves are the Chinese peopleis traditional tools for heating in winter.According to the purposes they serve,they may be classified into heating stoves,fire pans,hand warmers and foot stoves.They are in most cases fueled by charcoal. In the northern...
Earthen Pot
The earthen pot is commonly used in China both as a cooking utensil and a table vessel.Various soups made in such a pot with vegetables and meatballs and/or soya bean curd are inexpensive,tasty and therefore highly popular. The Chinese earthen pot i...