In the past two years, China's mobile payment has spread to the world. In the same period, there have been resounding online shopping, online ordering, sharing bicycles and so on. The word "new four inventions" was born.

Today we come to gain new insights through reviewing old material.

Before you understand the new four inventions, let's take a look at the four ancient inventions in China.

Four ancient inventions in ancient China

The four inventions are a view of the history of science and technology in China. They refer to the four inventions that have a great influence on the world in ancient China. They are important creations of the working people of ancient China. They refer to papermaking, compass, gunpowder and printing.

This statement was first proposed by the British sinologist Ayose and later inherited by many Chinese historians. It is generally believed that these four inventions have greatly promoted the development of politics, economy and culture in ancient China, and these The invention was transmitted to the West through various channels, and it also had a great influence on the history of the development of world civilization.

Compass

China is recognized in the world as the country to invent the Compass. The invention of the compass is the result of the understanding of the magnetic properties of objects by the working people of ancient China in the long-term practice. Due to production labor, people came into contact with magnetite and began to understand the magnetic properties. People first discovered the nature of magnet attraction to iron, and later discovered the directionality of magnets. After many experiments and research, a practical compass was finally invented.

Papermaking

Papermaking is one of China's four major inventions, an outstanding invention in the history of human civilization.

The paper of one of the four major inventions in ancient China is likely to originate in southern China and is closely related to the rich bark fabric culture system that emerged in the Lingnan area, especially around the Pearl River Estuary more than 6,000 years ago.

Gunpowder

Gunpowder was invented by the ancient Chinese alchemists in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, and has been around for more than a thousand years. The study of gunpowder began in the ancient Taoist alchemy. The ancients refining the medicinal herbs for the sake of immortality. The purpose and motivation of alchemy are advanced, but its experimental methods still have merits, which led to the invention of gunpowder.

Printing

China is the first country in the world to invent printing. The early printing was printed on the wooden board with ink. The woodblock watermark painting still uses this method. The predecessor of the engraving printing machine (also known as "engraving printing") is popular in BC. Seals and seals and later appeared on the stone. After the emergence of production technologies such as papermaking and inkmaking, the engraving technology was gradually invented.

New four Great  Inventions

"No need to bring a wallet, only a mobile phone", "takeaway, express delivery is very fast", "high-speed rail is great", high-speed rail is more comfortable, and you can use the network to handle some things on the road. Let the journey be more fulfilling.

The 20-nation youths from the "Belt and Road" selected their "new four major inventions" in China: high-speed rail, Alipay, shared bicycles and online shopping.

High-speed Rail

China is divided into high-speed railways - express railways - ordinary railways, three levels, high-speed rails higher than the national railways I, for fast iron and backbone iron. China's high-speed railways generally use ballastless tracks and high-speed EMUs (G-head trains). Initially, CRH2C and CRH380 series are dedicated to high-speed rail.

Scan Code Payment

Online payment refers to the transfer of funds through the Internet as a carrier. The use of certain digital financial instruments supported by banks occurs in the financial exchange between buyers and sellers, and from buyers to financial institutions and businesses. Online monetary payment, cash flow, fund clearing, query statistics, etc., thereby providing financial support for e-commerce services and other services.

Shared Bicycle

Shared bicycle refers to the bicycle bicycle sharing service provided by enterprises on campus, subway stations, bus stations, residential areas, commercial areas, public service areas, etc. It is a time-sharing lease mode. Sharing bicycles is a new type of sharing economy.

Online Shopping

Online shopping is to retrieve product information through the Internet, and send a shopping request through an electronic order form, and then fill in the personal check account number or credit card number, the manufacturer sends the goods by mail order, or delivers the goods through the courier company. For domestic online shopping in China, the general payment method is cash on delivery (direct bank transfer, online remittance) and secured transactions are cash on delivery.

Have you used the above new four inventions?