Agriculture, handicrafts, and commerce play an important role in the development process of Chinese history, and the different development conditions of the productive forces of each dynasty and the changes in the political environment make them have their own characteristics, and ancient China was based on agriculture.
And commerce is an auxiliary to promote the progress of the wheel of history, so what are the characteristics of the development of handicraft industry in the course of China's history, let us find out.
Handicraft industry is actually the ancients on the basis of the invention of some tools, began to carry out some relatively small-scale production activities, and the development of agriculture is closely linked, but as early as the development of primitive society to the later period.
China's agriculture and handicrafts showed a trend of separation, and slowly there were independent and less mature production sectors.
When the society developed to the xia and shang dynasties, the production of bronze ware, which occupied the main focus of China's handicraft industry, was on the right track, but the smelting rights of bronze ware were mainly concentrated in the hands of the government.
The people rarely came into contact with it, not only because the materials for smelting bronze were more precious and rare, but more importantly, bronzes were often used as sacrificial tools or court utensils.
In the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the development of China's handicraft industry went further, not only the prevalence of some official handicrafts.
Moreover, as an important means of sharing the heavy responsibilities of the family, cottage industry has also developed maturely, and private handicraft industry has also emerged, laying the foundation for the development of industry and commerce in ancient China.
At that time, the official handicraft industry was mainly responsible for the materials needed by some countries or the army, or some basic production on the national economy and people's livelihood, and its position at that time was dominant, which maintained the stable development of feudal society to a certain extent.
However, due to the special status of the government-run handicraft industry, it can expropriate the handicraft laborers of the private sector indefinitely, which has a certain obstructive effect on the normal development of private handicraft industry or cottage industry.
At that time, private handicrafts mainly produced some folk consumer goods, while cottage industry complemented agriculture, and was the main bearer of ancient peasant taxes, which played an important role in improving the lives of the people.
The three types of handicrafts in ancient times have their own characteristics, some weapons and military products produced by the official handicraft industry are not circulated in the market, while in the civil handicraft industry, the civilian consumer goods produced by the private handicraft industry circulate in the market.
It also gave birth to the initial employment relations in our country in the process of development, which played an important role in the emergence of the embryonic capitalism in our country in the later period, and the products produced by the cottage industry.
One part is for self-use and taxation, and the other part is circulated in the market, which plays an important role in the development of China's markets, reflects the characteristics of China's natural economy, and is also conducive to the stable development of society.
In ancient China, there were several handicrafts with advanced craftsmanship, to give a few examples. The grange handicraft industry is mainly responsible for some activities such as breeding and smelting medicinal materials, while the official handicraft industry occupies a monopoly position in boiling salt and minting money.
China's textile industry has been very prosperous, in the Shang Dynasty there was a special official position responsible for textiles, in the Han Dynasty there was a Silk Road transporting China's silk, the Tang Dynasty appeared a lot of private textile workshops, song Dynasty cotton planting and silk weaving technology continued to improve, the Ming Dynasty in the textile workshop appeared capitalist buds.
China's ceramic industry, in the primitive era, there was a very high level of faience pottery technology, in the historical development process from the Shang Zhou to the Eastern Han Dynasty, porcelain also began to exert its charm.
In the Tang Dynasty, there were two major porcelain systems of celadon and white porcelain in China, and there were many independent production departments dedicated to the production of porcelain, and many famous magnetic kilns appeared.
Like Yue kilns, the rest of the like blue and white porcelain, colored porcelain, etc. exist as China's national treasure level technology and technology, and also play a huge role in modern times.
There are also many exquisite handicrafts in ancient China, and behind these handicrafts is not only a reflection of China's historical development, but also a carrier of China's traditional culture.
Existing as our spiritual pillar gives us unlimited pride, we should protect the traditional handicraft industry, make it a national treasure, become our cultural benchmark, and become a spiritual wealth that makes other countries envious.