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- Solar Salt Making Technique
- Solar salt making technique is a special kind among many handiworks. Its existence form is different from general intangible culture. Its product has a close relationship with daily life of people...
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- Armillary Sphere by Su Song
- The armillary sphere is an instrument for measuring the position of celestial bodies. Although no data about the first armillary sphere has been kept till now, according to astronomical observation...
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- The First Botanical Dictionary in the World - Quan Fang Bei Zu
- Quan Fang Bei Zu (The Foliage) is an all-encompassing book of the anthography category in the Song Dynasty written by Chen Yong (1035 - 1112). According to the famous scholar Mr. Wu Deduo, it is...
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- Celestial Globe
- The celestial globe is an instrument representing the motion of celestial spheres. It's an orbicular star chart equal to its modern counterparts. Apart from displaying the position of celestial...
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It was made in the Warring States Period (475BC - 221BC). Unearthed in Xingrong of Hebei Province in 1959, it measures 28.3 cm long and 10.3 cm...
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