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When did China begin to use bricks and tiles? The origin and detailed introduction of brick and tile

The correct time for China to start using bricks and tiles is the Western Zhou Dynasty. Although there is the theory of Qin brick and Han tile, the invention of tile is the creation of Zhou people. It is the earliest tile with nails found in the temple site of the Western Zhou Dynasty in Qishan, Shaanxi Province. In the early period of the Western Zhou Dynasty, the number of tiles was relatively small. In the later period, not only the number was large, but also the cylinder tiles, plate tiles and tiles were made according to different purposes. Let's take a look at the origin and detailed introduction of bricks and tiles.

When to use bricks and tiles in China: the time when China began to use bricks and tiles

Therefore, according to this conclusion, the earliest time for China to start using bricks and tiles should be in the Western Zhou Dynasty. From the perspective of strict textual research, the view of Qin brick and Han tile is fallacious. Tile appeared and used in the Western Zhou Dynasty and spring and Autumn period, brick appeared in the Warring States period, and large-scale application was in the Wei, Jin, southern and Northern Dynasties. The development of buildings in ancient times is a very long process. Our ancestors used the clay and burnt clay blocks after barbecue in the buildings for a long time. At this time, this kind of burnt clay block can be considered as' germination 'state in the development process of' sintered brick '.

The Chinese society has stepped into civilization. The existing brick of Jinxi brick and tile Museum, which was taken from the Liangzhu Cultural Site of Zhaoling mountain in Kunshan City and the half cave house of Liangzhu people, was called "the first brick of China". According to research, it appeared around five thousand years ago, and the square and rectangular sintered brick found at the site of Mojiao mountain in Yuhang, Zhejiang Province, should be regarded as the origin of Chinese civilization Products. If we define the "red fired pottery fast" of shuangdunshan culture and Daxi Culture as the "brick" of cultural significance, then the square found at mojiaoshan and fuquanshan sites in Yuhang, Zhejiang Province, and "the first brick in China" are the "brick" of cultural significance.

The invention of Chinese sintered brick, from shuangdunshan culture 700 years ago to Daxi Culture 640 years ago, and from Liangzhu Culture in Yuhang to the pre development and embryonic stage, then its development period should be another long period from the Yellow Emperor era to the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties, about 3000 BC to 1046 BC. Drunk 'burnt clay block' architectural remains appear at Shuangdun cultural site in Bengbu, Anhui Province, 7300 years ago. The 'burnt brick' unearthed at Daxi site is 6400 years ago, and it has become 'the oldest brick in the world' by Japanese scholars.