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DoWeNeedtoRedefinetheTopFourInventions
China'straditionaltopfourinventionshavetakenonanewlook. AnexhibitionrecentlyheldinBeijingshowedthattheancientcompass, papermaking, printingandgunpowdernolongerholdprideofplace. Whilepapermakingandprintingremainubiquitous, theyhavebeenmergedintoasingleart. Compassandgunpowder, meanwhile, havebeenreplacedbybronze, silkandporcelain.
AnarticleintheBeijingReviewsaysthatalthoughChineseexpertsstatedanumberofreasonsfortheredefined "greatest-everChineseinventionslist", theproposaltriggeredmuchpublicdebate. SomepeoplearguethattheoriginalfourinventionsofancientChinaarewidelyrecognizedathomeandabroad. TheywerechosenbyEuropeansaccordingtoAsianscientificandtechnologicaldevelopmentlevelatthetime. TheyhavebecomethecoreculturalsymbolsthatshowcasepioneeringChineseinventionsandinnovation. Itisinappropriatetochangetheirstatus. Otherssaytheattempttoredefinethefourinventionsaccordingtotheirownstudiesdoesnotmeanbetrayingtheancientancestors. It'sjustanewwayofpromotingmoremodernculture. Thenewlylistedinventionsalsohaveirreplaceablesymbolicandaestheticsignificance.
Thearticleconcludesthatnomatterwhatthenewtopfourinventionsare, theymusthavesignificantandprofoundinfluenceintoday'sworld. Andwithscientificprogress, toupdatetheunderstandingofancientChineseculturewillhelpenhancethenation'sculturalcohesion.