The ancient Chinese didn’t just invent gunpowder — they created the picnic
A lively exhibition at Hong Kong’s Palace Museum explores the culture of feasting — including a centuries-old predecessor to Deliveroo ...
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The Four Great Inventions
After the Tang Dynasty (618-907), things took a much faster course as gunpowder was already used in simple hand-grenades which were thrown by a catapult. In 1126, Li Gang, a local official ...
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Made in China
During the Tang dynasty the clamshell was wide open and remained so for many centuries. A string of inventions—gun­powder, paper, printing, and cast iron—had set China on course to become the ...