There is a story that the first Chin emperor used the divining board and compass in court to affirm his right to the throne. Primarily, the compass was used for geomancy for a long time before it was ...

The reason lies in the type of iron ore -- magnetite, which commands a premium from mills in China that produce high-quality steel. Chunks of the mineral, known as lodestones, were used as early ...

Long before the industrial age, four Chinese inventions reshaped the world’s future. Papermaking, gunpowder, printing, and the compass laid the foundation for global transformation.

The "compass" representing "ancient Chinese geography-astronomy wisdom" is combined with a "mechanical system" representing "modern industrial growth" creates good visual tension in the piece ...

Qian Xun is a direction marked on the ancient Chinese compass, and 15 gengs is about 150 nautical miles. The manual covers sea routes, weather conditions, wind directions and ocean currents for ...

This detail from Fuller’s map shows the area around the Forbidden City, the ancient Chinese palace complex in central Beijing. The design at the very center combines a starlike Western compass ...

A series of excavations carried out between 2019 and 2023 at various locations in the Yellow River Basin – considered the birthplace of Chinese civilisation – have yielded stone tools and ...