There were a large number of inventions in Sung Dynasty (Song Dynasty) of Chinese history. As everyone knows, three of four great inventions of ancient China were born in Sung Dynasty; they are compass, gunpowder and typography. These three great inventions had changed the process of the whole world civilization.

There were many advanced civil engineering in Sung Dynasty, for example Wind Power Mill. Build hydraulic engineering, carried out the planting of rice of two seasons in Sung Dynasty; various new type farm implements were invented in Sung Dynasty, for example new-type waterwheel, Pedal Plow and Rice Transplanting Wooden Horse; the cultivated area of tea was enlarged; the cotton became universal crop; the abacus became the businessman’s main computational tool; invented paper money in Sung Dynasty.

Sung Dynasty also has brilliant achievements in the astronomical field. The earliest astronomical clock and astronomical graph of the world appeared in Sung Dynasty. Astronomer Yang Zhongfu made The System of Astronomical Calendar, and took 365.2425 days as one year. There are only difference of 26 seconds between this number value and modern astronomical number value.

The government of Sung Dynasty paid much attention to medical science. The government department edited a lot of medical books, Holy Medicine Records was an encyclopaedia of medical science at that time; Holy Treat Methods included 16834 traditional Chinese medical science prescription; Zhenghe Herbal introduced 1558 kinds of traditional Chinese herbal medicine together; Vindication Records was earliest medical jurisprudence book in the world. This book included many medicolegal theory and practice, for example check wound, autopsy, blood group determine, check bone, check poison etc.

Sung Dynasty once invented Double Floodgate. This raised the efficiency of river transport. The quantity demand of iron products was very great in Sung Dynasty. Sung Dynasty invented two new iron-smelting methods. This caused the steel output to increase rapidly in Sung Dynasty. The main iron products were the weapon, tool, coin, farm implements, musical instrument etc in Sung Dynasty.

Sung Dynasty successful invented the earliest cannon and shell in the world. The cannon barrel was made of iron pipe. The shell was made of spherical pig iron. Stuffed sharp metal fillings and porcelain chips in the shell. In addition, archaeologists have already dug out the metal handgun of Sung Dynasty in Heilongjiang Province of China.

The navigation and shipbuilding technology of Sung Dynasty were the most advanced in the world at that time. According to the historical records, the length of the biggest ship was more than 100 meters in Sung Dynasty; the loading capacity exceeded 1500 tons; can carry thousands of people. Sung Dynasty has already begun to use the dock in shipbuilding, this was earlier than Europe for 500 years. The craftsman of Sung Dynasty could produce the model of ship at first according to the performance and use of the ship, and then draw the drawing of the ship according to the model. However, the simple drawing of ship did not appear in Europe until the 16th century. This lagged behind China for 400 years.

The government of Sung Dynasty attached importance to science and technology, so lot inventions were born in Sung Dynasty. Meanwhile, these inventions also promoted the development and prosperity of Sung Dynasty. Moreover, also bring a far-reaching influence on the human civilization.

The government of Sung Dynasty attached importance to science and technology, so lot inventions were born in Sung Dynasty. Meanwhile, these inventions also promoted the development and prosperity of Sung Dynasty. Moreover, also bring a far-reaching influence on the human civilization.

I think if Yuan Dynasty didn’t invade Sung Dynasty at that time, maybe present-day China still leads Europe for 500 years!

Note: Yuan Dynasty was set up by Mongolians. Yuan Dynasty only attached importance to the cold weapon, didn’t attach importance to science and technology.