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  • ...g-hsing. ''T’ien kung k’ai wu''. Sung Ying-hsing. 1637. Published as ''Chinese Technology in the seventeenth century''. Translated and annotated by E-tu Z ...that it no longer possesses active toxicity. It is used in [[traditional Chinese medicine]] as a treatment for [[yin and yang|Yang]] deficiency, "coldness",
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  • ...he three inner segments are [[petal]]s. Though the traditional daffodil of folklore, poetry, and field may have a yellow to golden-yellow color all over, both ...one of the sweetest fragrances of any flower. So it is highly revered in Chinese culture.
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  • ...and complete caravans being lost in dry quicksand were considered to be [[folklore]]. ...atured in the movies ''[[Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome]]'', and the [[2004]] Chinese film, ''[[Kekexili: Mountain Patrol]]''. In the [[1999 film]] ''[[The Mummy
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  • [[File:Chinese rocket.gif|thumb|right|Early Chinese rocket]] ...the Chinese gunpowder-based weapons technology in their invasion of Japan. Chinese also used gunpowder to fuel [[rocket]]s.
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  • }}</ref> Shortly after this event, Chinese, Korean, and eventually Japanese swordsmiths produced ironwork locally.<ref }}</ref> Swords were forged to imitate Chinese blades:<ref name="yumoto-p27">{{Harvnb|Yumoto|1979|p=27}}</ref> generally s
    154 KB (20,678 words) - 09:19, 20 September 2010
  • ...tions|publisher=Leiden: E.J. Brill|isbn=9004096329| page=243}}</ref> while Chinese of the [[Han Dynasty]] (202 BC – 220 AD) created steel by melting togethe ...Panopolis]].</ref> Along with their original methods of forging steel, the Chinese had also adopted the production methods of creating [[Wootz steel]], an ide
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  • Bamboo is used in [[Chinese medicine]] for treating infections and healing. ...g |year=1961 |month=April |title=Bamboo mechanical pulp for manufacture of chinese ceremonial paper |journal=Economic Botany |volume=15 |issue=2 |pages=161–
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  • ...Italy. In any case, no known ice cream recipes appear to stem from ancient Chinese sources. .../www.foodsci.uoguelph.ca/dairyedu/ichist.html |title=Ice Cream History and Folklore |work=Dairy Science and Technology Education Series |publisher=[[University
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