中国舟船发展史（History of Chinese ship development）.doc

中国舟船发展史（History of Chinese ship development） Moon_yy1202 [senior] History of Chinese boat development 2006-08-28 16:39 Chinese boat development history The raft and canoe in China not only land masses, and many rivers, vast sea, so the Chinese nation not only has a glorious land of evolutionary history, but also a magnificent history of water development. And a history of water development is certainly a boat boat development history. The history of Chinese ship development lasted for thousands of years. In the early stage of primitive society, our ancestors were still in hunting and gathering, the scope of their activities are limited to water on the close region. But because there is no certain tools, they can not catch fish in the deep water, can not hunt on the other side of the river beast, not only that, in case of flooding, they can not even save life. The harsh environment and the instinct for survival forced man to think, and people began to seek a tool that could float on the water in order to hunt for more food and to conquer the flood. But what can float on the surface without sinking? The long struggle against nature has added to peoples wisdom, and the recurrence of natural phenomena has also inspired people. In view of the leaves due to that boat , ( world ) the ancients see million wood floating and known as the boat (the Huainan Zi , the ancients said mountain training) finally realized some objects with a floating, floating nature become the first people to create incentives to ship tools. After a long period of practice, the ancients created the earliest water transport of the raft, this is a tree or bamboo tied together side by side flat objects. The original people realize the single bamboo has the buoyancy in practice, but because of the round, floating in the water is easy to roll and narrow area, such as the number of vehicles is limited, and take root in the water, can stably float and capacity can be increased, loading and manned. In the ra