Bell Chime, Dragon Washbasin, ...

Modern Scientific Information Hidden in Ancient Chinese Science and Technology

Abstract

In China, many ancient cultural relics are indeed treasures that combine arts with engineering technology and science. As the carriers of ancient science and technology, they are rich in sophisticated scientific information. Modern science is needed to reveal it. Furthermore, new scientific phenomena, methods and results may be discovered, which is helpful to the development of modern science. In this paper, the properties of mechanics discovered by investigating the bell chime and dragon washbasin are represented. Some interesting modern research topics motivated from this study are described.