QA问答：中国古代最令人惊奇的创新是什么？

xiao Wang
This lamp is something I want to share with you on the World Environment Day.

在世界环境日，我想和大家分享这盏灯。



This lamp from China’s Han Dynasty has a history of over two thousand years. It’s very popular due to its unique and advanced environmental concept.
This lamp was unearthed in Hebei province In 1968. It’s name “Changxin Palace Lamp” is gained from the inscxtion "Chang xin Shang Yu" (meaning "Chang xin Palace Lighting") carved on its body.

这盏是来自中国汉代的灯，已经有两千多年的历史了。它因其独特而先进的环保理念而广受欢迎。
这盏灯于1968年在河北省出土。它的名字是“长信宫灯”。是从其身上刻的铭文“长信尚浴”而来的。



During the Han Dynasty, bronze lamps were often in the form of animals. The Changxin Palace Lamp is the only known human-shaped bronze lamp from the Han Dynasty. The lamp's overall design depicts a palace maid kneeling while holding a lamp in her left hand. Her right arm is raised high, and the wide sleeves naturally cascade down, ingeniously forming the top part of the lamp.

在汉代，青铜灯通常是动物的形式。长信宫灯是目前已知的唯一一种汉代青铜人形灯。灯的整体设计描绘了一位宫女跪着，左手拿着一盏灯。她的右臂高高举起，宽大的袖子自然层叠而下，巧妙地构成了灯的顶部。



The lamp can be divided into six parts: the head, body, sleeves, curved screen panel, lamp dish, and lamp stand. Each part can be easily disassembled and reassembled, making it convenient to move the palace lamp and clean the lamp ash.

灯具可分为六部分：灯头、灯身、灯套、曲面屏、灯盘、灯架。每个零件都可以轻松拆卸和重新组装，便于移动宫灯和清洁灯灰。



Astonishingly, it can adjust the direction and brightness of the light, similar to the desk lamps we use today. The lampshade consists of two curved screen panels that can be closed into a circular shape and fit into the slot of the lamp dish. One of the screen panels can be opened or closed horizontally to adjust the direction and brightness of the light.
During the Han Dynasty, animal fat was commonly used as fuel for lighting lamps. Although it served the purpose of illumination, the burning of animal fat resulted in significant smoke and dust, often leading to polluted indoor air, hazy smoke, and a pungent odor, thereby polluting the indoor environment.

令人惊讶的是，它可以调整光线的方向和亮度，类似于我们今天使用的台灯。灯罩由两块弯曲的屏幕面板组成，可以闭合成圆形并放入灯盘的插槽中。其中一个屏幕面板可以水平打开或关闭，以调整光线的方向和亮度。
在汉代，动物脂肪通常被用作照明灯具的燃料。尽管它起到了照明的作用，但燃烧动物脂肪会产生大量烟雾和灰尘，经常导致室内空气污染、烟雾朦胧和有刺鼻气味，从而污染室内环境。




The lamp connects the sleeves of the "palace maid" to the body, forming a smoke exhaust passage.

该灯将“宫女”的袖子连接到身体上，形成一个排烟通道。

Once the candle is lit, the smoke and ash generated are propelled by the thermal force and enter the lamp body through the sleeves, where they are stored until they reach the bottom of the "palace maid's" body. At the same time, a water tray is placed in the base of the palace lamp to purify the waste smoke, effectively minimizing air pollution and achieving the goal of containing the dirty smoke and maintaining clean air.
The design of the Changxin Palace Lamp reflects the care and concern that the Chinese people had for the environment 2,000 years ago.

烛光点燃后，产生的烟雾和灰烬在热力的推动下通过套筒进入灯体，储存在那里，直到到达“宫女”的身体底部。
同时，在宫灯底座中放置了一个水托盘，用于净化废烟，有效地将空气污染降至最低，达到了遏制脏烟、保持空气清洁的目的。
长信宫灯的设计反映了2000年前中国人民对环境的关心和关怀。


Gina Abresci
Brilliantly engineered! Smoke and ash rise, bronze helps to heat, you can direct the light and also block the wind from hitting it. Beautiful in it’s simplicity.

设计精妙！烟气和灰烬上升，青铜有助于加热，你可以引导光线，也可以阻挡风吹到它身上。简单中透着精美。

Faisal Ramadhan
Agree with you

同意你的观点。

Jason Rogers
Ro bad they don't have the same commitment today

糟糕的是，他们今天没有同样的承诺。

Abdul Ramin Wijaya
Too bad you should ought to travel to China and see

真可惜。你应该去中国看看。

Daniel Verwey
Fascinating but i wouldnt say the lamp is geared towards the environment in particular. I just think the clever designer just didnt like smoke in his house

很吸引人，但我不会说这盏灯有利于环境。我只是觉得这个聪明的设计师，就是不喜欢在他的房子里吸到烟尘。

Alex McCutcheon
I think the writer means it helps to maintain a comfortable environment within the room, as opposed to protecting ecological systems. In which case, it's certainly true but perhaps could be translated better.

我认为作者的意思是，这有助于保持房间内舒适的环境，而不是保护生态系统。他的说法没有问题，不过可以翻译得更好。

Joey Shaw
This is just some regular quora Chinese propaganda.

这只是中国的一些常规宣传。

Alex McCutcheon
I'm curious, what's the political message you've spotted? And what conditioning was required, to become so perceptive?

我很好奇，你发现了什么政治信息？需要经历过什么才能让你变得如此敏锐？

Mong Seng Quek
Before we can bother about the environment of the world, let’s clean up our own houses first.

在我们为世界的环境而烦恼之前，让我们先清理一下自己的房子。

Gilles Ries
Hence as commented: the lamp is house-friendly, but not environmentally friendly.

所以，正如评论说的那样：这种灯对家庭友好，但对环境不友好。

Mong Seng Quek
You are absolutely right. Environmental science as we know nowadays was non existent then. It is also true to clean up the mess in your own house before one can/should worry about the rest of the world, like not tearing up a signed agreement on combatting climate change and preaching to others.

你是绝对正确的。我们现在所知道的环境科学在当时是不存在的。在人们担心世界其他地方之前，先收拾好自己家里的烂摊子也是正确的，比如不要撕毁一份已签署的应对气候变化的协议，也不要向他人说教。

Rajat Loomba
We were carbon negative in those times

那时我们是负碳的。

Christienne Woods
That is the march to destruction- your wishes do not change REALITY

这是走向毁灭的道路——你的愿望不会改变现实。

Mong Seng Quek
I believe one should clean up their own mess before preaching.

我认为一个人在说教之前，应该先收拾好自己的烂摊子。

Charles Kanakam
That itself shows his care for his environment- his house.

这本身就表明了他对他的环境的关心——他的房子。

Balasubramanyam Venkataraman
Sensible !!!

明智！！

Krishna Kumar
Yeah, that's what it is

是的，就是这样。

Yang
Incredible invention!

不可思议的发明！

Faisal Ramadhan
Agree with you

同意你的观点。

Walt Wedne
I assume the patent for this lamp should expire long time ago
In a matter of weeks, I should be able to buy a replica online.
Just kidding

我想这种灯的专利早就应该到期了。
再过几周，我就可以在网上买一个复制品了。
只是开个玩笑。

Old Six Rabbit
Manufacturers in China: Which do you want?

中国制造商：你想要哪一个？




Rajat Loomba
All

所有。

Doug Clock
This is beautiful and amazing , I will love to buy some of it if only they are for sales

这也太漂亮了，神奇，如果只是为了销售，我会很乐意买一些。

Eddie Lou
There is yet another Chinese invention that was said to baffle the Modern scientific communities for maybe hundreds like 2 hundreds years, if I remember it correctly.
It is a bronze polished mirror whose reflection onto a wall or a screen will show the hidden secret images, yet nothing can be observed by just naked eyes on that reflecting bronze surface. The author may even know about it already. If so, Hopefully, the author can help present it as well. Thanks.

如果我没记错的话，还有一项中国发明据说让现代科学界困惑了几百年，好像是两百年。
是一面青铜抛光镜，反射到墙上或屏幕上会显示隐藏的秘密图像，但在抛光的青铜表面上，肉眼却看不到任何东西。
作者可能已经知道是什么了。如果可以的话，希望也帮忙介绍一下。谢谢

Lim San
Something like this?

像这样的东西？



Anne Chiang
I’m glad someone seems to have figured out how it works, though I’m unable to comprehend the explanation. However, it leaves me with greater respect for Chinese ingenuity that was able to create the minute differences of thickness of just one micron without any modern scientific measuring tools at that time. Salute!

我很高兴，好像已经有人弄清楚了它的工作原理。尽管我无法理解这个解释。
然而，这让我更加尊重中国人的独创性，他们能够在当时没有任何现代科学测量工具的情况下，创造出仅一微米的微小厚度差异。
致敬！

AndyMac
My brain just fell out!

我的脑子已经吵翻天了！

Surjanto Kwe
Thanks for sharing, makes me more amazed of what ancient people can do

谢谢你的分享，让我更加惊讶于古代人的能力。

Mura’Sha Akil Ba’Sha Lassitoreaux
The mirror is thin and the letters are thicker so the light penetrates the thin mirror part instead of the thicker parts as it would need more light, but too much light will penetrate the whole obxt, so the steady beam of light then casts shadows on the surrounding thicker embossed areas….this is just my thoughts as I didn’t watch the video

镜子很薄，字母更厚，所以光线会穿透镜子的薄部分，而不是较厚的部分，因为它需要更多的光线，但过多的光线会穿透整个物体，所以稳定的光束会在周围较厚的浮雕区域投射阴影……这只是我的想法，因为我没有看视频。

Candice Ong
It's so curious to see this magical mirror.

这面神奇的镜子，真的好奇妙哦。

Alset Alokin
The Chinese people will always find solutions to any problems they face

中国人民总会找到解决他们面临的任何问题的办法。

Out Spoken
Actually it tells me that in every generation a genius is born, it just depends on what they have to work with that really helps them to shine.

事实上，它告诉我，每一代人都会诞生一个天才，这取决于他们必须与什么合作，才能真正帮助他们发光。

Guo Hui Tan
similarly, an idiot and/or sucker is born every second in the Western hemisphere….

同样，在西半球，每秒钟都会有一个白痴和/或傻瓜出生……

E Aver
Why would an idiot be born only in western hemisphere?
My guess is that talents are born more or less everywhere.
However they are more likely to perish under a dictatorship and develop in a free society

为什么白痴只出生在西半球？
我认为，每个地方的人，都或多或少的有天赋。
然而，他们更有可能在独裁统治下灭亡，在自由社会中得到发展。

Abhishek Pandey
Invention is absolutely amazing, but this doesn't show concern of Chinese towards environment, they made this just so their houses do not fill with smoke which is an irritant.

这项发明绝对令人惊叹，但这并没有表明中国人对环境的关注，他们这样做只是为了让他们的房子不会充满烟雾，烟雾具有刺激性。

Belives in Karma
Brother, being as an Indian, respect the innovation of others too. Awareness and cleanness always starts from every home

兄弟，作为印度人，也请尊重他人的创新。环境意识和清洁，总是从每个家庭开始的。

Jim Cruise
The starting point to a clean world is your own environmnet, unless you are one of those who keeps his house clean and throws garbage outside.

清洁世界的起点，是先清洁你的环境，除非你是那种为了保持房子清洁，就把垃圾扔到外面的人。

Abhishek
Converting air pollution into water one, isn't environmental friendly. It's just personal care at best.

将空气污染，转化为水污染是不环保的。这充其量只是个人护理。

Becks SA
So. Personal care and environmental friendly are “mutually exclusive?” It can't be that the personal care portrayed by the lamp design is friendly to the environment? Can it?

那么，个人护理和环境友好是“互斥的”吗？这个灯具设计所描绘的个人护理对环境友好吗？友好吗？

Abhishek Pandey
Do you know where the trash of developed nations go? If you know then you will certainly know that personal care and environment friendly are mutually exclusive.

你知道发达国家的垃圾，都去哪儿了吗？如果你知道，那么你肯定会知道，个人护理和环境友好是相互排斥的。

Louie Lee
That should work for all the polluting chimneys!

这应该适用于所有污染环境的烟囱！

Frank Gelly
Very ingenious !

非常巧妙！

Catherine Rao
Wow! So interesting!

哇！太有趣了！

Gabrielle Guerón Josko
Awesome. I wouldn’t mind having it for blackout times.

令人惊叹。我不介意在停电的时候用它。

Joeseph
I don’t think I’ll ever stop being amazed by the Chinese. What an awesome people.

我想我永远不会停止对中国人的惊讶。多么了不起的人啊。

Vikram Bhat
though a great innovation, I wouldn’t say it was due to concern for environment as such, yes people cared about environment back then but they didn’t have any clue that smoke can hurt the environment like today we have, what they did care was the inconvenience of the people using lamps, they collected the smoke to prevent them from being affected by it not the environment.

虽然这是一项伟大的创新，但我不会说这是对环境的关注，是的，当时人们关心环境，但他们不知道烟雾会像今天这样伤害环境，他们关心的是：人们使用灯具的不便，他们收集烟雾是为了防止他们受到影响，而不是环境。

Nice Bloke
There are many inventions from ancient China.
I think that my favourites are Paper-making, Silk, Time-measuring devices and Gunpowder.
The China of today seems to be more focussed on copying other country’s inventions, which is sad, because China has such a great potential to contribute to World knowledge for the benefit of mankind.

中国古代有许多发明。
我想我最喜欢的是造纸、丝绸、时间测量装置和火药。
今天的中国，似乎更专注于复制其他国家的发明，这很可悲，因为中国有巨大的潜力为人类的利益贡献世界知识。

Hus Adi
Chinese people are very intelligent and skillfull.
What I don’t understand is how could they be conquered by japanese.
May be its a peaceful nation and doesn’t engage in war ?

中国人很聪明，技术也很好。
我不明白的是他们怎么会被日本人征服。
可能因为是一个和平的国家，不擅长战争？

Zakitaruhabila Qasitaremanila

这就是对傲慢和无知付出的代价，现在的西方正在重蹈覆辙。

Codename L
China’s engineering astonish me, back when i went to tiananmen palace i see the water passage, they’re simple yet complicated , i mean it’s cool even for me as modern human, even their waterways are better than my house plumbing system ☠️. Very well thought

中国的工程让我大吃一惊，当我去天安门宫殿时，我看到了水道，它们简单而复杂，我的意思是，即使对我这个现代人来说，它也很酷，甚至它们的水道比我家的水管系统还好。 考虑非常周到。

Arunkumar
It's called civilization for a reason. Excellent.

它被称为文明是有原因的。优秀。

Candice Ong
This cute ancient lamp is so compact and be taken apart like legos to be washed,so interesting.Most importantly , it's made of bronze(metal) .

这个可爱的古灯是如此紧凑，可以像乐高玩具一样拆开清洗，非常有趣。最重要的是，它是由青铜（金属）制成的。

Yausi Tamn
I think ancient Chinese inventions are advanced alien civilization inventions modulated for use in the past which is future intelligence modulated to use in the primitive past with this understanding you don't have to ask what was most amazing , imagine you visited a advanced alien civilization and everything you saw advanced there you copied it and modulated it in a primitive way to use it in the past where life is backwards that's what ancient Chinese inventions are all about

我认为中国古代的发明，是先进的外星文明的发明。这些外星文明，被调整到了过去被使用。就像一个未来世界的智慧，被调整到原始社会使用。
有了这种理解，你就不必问：最令人惊奇的是什么了。想象一下，你参观了一个先进的外星文明，你在那里看到的一切都是先进的，你复制了它，并以一种原始的方式对它进行了调整，以在生活倒退的过去使用它，这就是中国古代发明的全部。

Liu Asum
Can't agree more.

不能更同意了。