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Study On The Reusing Of Wastes Of Premodern Rural Life

Posted on:2011-10-01Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:C W XuFull Text:PDF
GTID:2121360305474493Subject:History of science and technology
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Rural living wastes are produce during life and orther social activities,which could not be recycle without dnsive,but the left question is how to help the environment clean itself.And the most methods of reusing waselay,for example,plant ash,bones,metabolic product and so on.Environmental protection and economy are our theme in the new era,so more and more researchers began to study the problem of wastes recycling, especially when the "issues of agriculture, farmer and rural area" become the major problem of our country.In recent years,the gained achievements of studying the ways of reusing wastes of modern city are extetes were import from western countrys,which could not apply to Chinese reality.The farmers always pursue modern technology but forget the standard of "Nature,Land and People Keep Harmonious" that our ancestors complied with thousand years.After the industrial revolution, agricultrue became less important to the economy development,but become the sources of labour ,crude material and market,then mass industry products including chemical fertilizers,pesticides rushed into farmland,which made farmers have to give up the wastes recycling as their ancestors did.The rural market has contributed to the urban development, but their own pollution problems did not attract enough care,so nowadays,the rural environmental pollution went worse.To our surprise,China survived from thousands years of history,and kept harmonious with the environment. And one of the most important methods is they always tried to recycle those wastes which might to pollute the ecosystem. To know how our ancestors reuse the wastes can help us to find some way to improve our country environment and build a economy society.Shamefully,few academy focus on the ways of premodern wastes reusing.In Chinese history,all the agriculturalists paid mush attention to look out how to reuse those living wastes.and invented a lot of creative ways,which were recorded on many agricutrural documents.This study will try to find and collect all the ways that living wastes been used in history,and compile them to an article.This academic dissertation conclude 6 chapters as following:Chapter lJntroduction.This section introduce the background,purpose and meaning of this research,and the studying methodology,the innovation.Chapter 2,The historical observation on living wastes reusing in premodern China.Chapter 3, The plant ash reusing in premodem ChinaJn this section,it systemically released how the premodem Chinese reuse plant ash.For instance,used in medcine, materials conservation and cultural use.Chapter 4,Bones reusing.This section,it systemically introduced the ways of bones reuse as tools production, soil improvement, insect-resistant pesticides, seeds disposal, curing diseases, sacrifice and divination, artistic adornment, exchange medium, cultural carrier and so on.Chapter 5,The reuse of metabolic products of human and animals.Chapter 6, Inspection of living wastes reuse in premodem China.The reusing practice released the concept of "the unity of Heaven and Humanity and the harmony between nature and human",and that was the major reason why the Chinese civilization could keep her vitality and last for thousands years.
Keywords/Search Tags:Living Waste, Plant ash, Animal Bones, Reusing, Recycling Economy
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