We have a civilization of 5,000 years, but in many ways, we marvel at the ancient technology and things, why did so many technologies and products appear in ancient times, and the level of production and various science and technology is far lower than today? Perhaps in ancient times there were many technologies that surpassed our technology today, simply because that was a long time ago, and there may have been some kind of force majeure, such as war or crustal movement, that led to some valuable technical data or the senseless sacrifice of the master of technology, and thus prompted some technology not to survive, but we must be sure that the ancients did have something better than us, which is worth studying.
archaeology
The term "archaeology" appeared very early in Chinese, such as the northern Song Dynasty scholar Lü Dalin once wrote a book "Archaeological Map" (1092), but the so-called "archaeology" at that time was limited to the collection and collation of some bronzes and stone carvings that had been handed down, which was very different from the archaeological meaning in the modern sense.
On the 12th, six new discoveries of Chinese archaeology in 2015 were announced. Including: The Tomb of the Marquis of Xihan in Nanchang, Jiangxi, the Neolithic Ruins in the coastal area of southeast Hainan, the Liangzhu Cultural Site of Jiangsu Xinghua and Dongtai City, the Zhouyuan Ruins of Baoji City, Shaanxi, the Taiji Hall Ruins of The Palace city of Luoyang, Han Wei and the Qing Dynasty Shipwreck Site of "Dandong No. 1" in Liaoning.
As one of the ancient civilizations in the world, China has long been aware of the important value of conducting ancient ruins investigation and ancient relics research. Originated in the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127 AD), "epigraphy" with a certain academic system was more developed in the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911 AD), and eventually formed the predecessor of Chinese archaeology.
Modern archaeology, based on fieldwork excavations, emerged late in China. From the end of the 19th century to the 1930s, explorers and expeditions sent by some imperialist countries infiltrated China's frontier areas to carry out activities.
In the late 1920s, Chinese academic institutions began to excavate sites such as Zhoukoudian and Yin Ruins, marking the birth of Chinese archaeology. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, investigation and excavations spread throughout all regions of the country, and a complete Chinese archaeological system was gradually established.
Archaeology is a discipline that studies how to find and obtain physical remains of ancient human society, and how to study human history based on these remains. The word "archaeology" in modern China may have been translated from the Western word Archaeology. The word archaeology is of Greek origin and means "study of antiquity", and in the 17th and 18th centuries it generally referred to the study of antiquities and monuments of artistic value, and it was not until the 19th century that it referred to the study of all antiquities.
What technology in ancient times was more powerful than it is now, and why spend a lot of money studying ancient things?
There are many techniques in ancient times that cannot be figured out now, architecturally, many of the engineering methods recorded in the "Construction of the French Style" are now not even clear what it looks like, and it is impossible to talk about whether it can be restored, if it can be restored, of course, its structure is much more complicated than the wooden buildings generally seen now.
In smelting, why the Yue Wang Sword is still rusty after thousands of years, cutting iron like mud, and what method is used to cast huge bronzes such as Simu Peng Da Fang Ding, there is no definite answer now.
In terms of textiles, there is no definite answer to how the silk fabric, which is as thin as a cicada's wing, is produced. In terms of diet, the practice of so many kinds of sauce and sophragm on the "Qi Min Zhi Shu" cannot be restored now, what kind of carved rice is, and now it has not been eaten, and the ancient Eight Treasures have not been successfully restored, and there are too many things that are not clear.
Because to restore history, knowing the real technical level of people in a certain period of time helps us to see the natural laws of technological development. For example, the use of stone tools in ancient life, in the Shang Dynasty, there were more choices of bronzes, and between stone and bronze, there was a gap of thousands of years, and we simply do not know what factors occurred in the middle that led to technological changes. If we know the reason for this, or the time node of technological change, with such a long history of China, we can find a law.
That is, when society or civilization develops to what extent, technology will usher in a great leap forward, which is a natural law.
Therefore, spending a lot of money to study the so-called ancient technology, rather, studying the nodes of technological change helps us to recognize what bottlenecks have existed in history that hinder the development of technology.
On the other hand, there is the clichéd curiosity. Human desires drive human beings to a higher civilization. From the ancient Stone Age to today's global informatization, it is because of the curiosity of human beings to constantly explore new fields, and it is precisely because of curiosity that the progress of civilization has been promoted. In addition, if you study the technology of the ancients, you can also see the thinking mode of the ancients, such as why did you invent bronze? What are the benefits of inventing bronze?
Looking at the essence through the phenomenon, understanding a certain technology, and being able to restore the technology and humanities of the era to the greatest extent is of great help for us to understand the history of our own development in detail.
In short, there are two reasons for studying the techniques of the ancients:
First, restoring history helps to avoid bottlenecks and avoid some unnecessary troubles, which belongs to the category of recognizing oneself and understanding oneself.
The second is curiosity, for the unknown, human beings are always full of curiosity.
Summary: Studying the things of the past is because our current development system is science, which is different from the development of previous civilizations, and because of the war and various shuffles, they cannot be connected, that is, they are lost, and some things that are not in science are lost. Unexplainable stuff. Therefore, it is necessary to study the restoration in order to fill the gap and confirm that there is no problem in the scientific road. At the same time, there is also a confirmation of whether there is still room for metaphysics and ancient technology.