"characterized By Open Content" Of Technological Culture In Ming Dynasty

Tiangong Kaiwu, an ancient book of engineering in Ming Dynasty, is a comprehensive record ofChina’s traditional craftsmanship in late Ming Dynasty.This article analyses the subjective and theobjective reasons of the birth of Tiangong Kaiwu and indicates the source of the ideas of SongYingxing the author of the book through the deep analysis and research of the texts and imagematerials, relevant historical documents, and on-the-spot investigations as well as technicalexperiments recorded by the book mentioned above.According to the manual techniques recorded thebook, this article is mainly to explore the cultural structures and characteristics of the arts and craftsin the Ming Dynasty, and then put forward the view that the religious beliefs in the creation of objectsin the Ming Dynasty have the major characteristics and functions of people’s livelihood, socialintegration and strengthening of the regime.It also points out in the concept of techniques of the MingDynasty, the traditional concept on the heaven and man as well as the Way and the Utensils wasoverthrown and the concept of the Heaven and Earth was strengthened which focused on the Utensilsand closely connected with the regime.This article describes the transformation of customs of theMing Dynasty from simple life to extravagant life reflected in the articles and further analyses themotivation of the transformation. Meanwhile, this paper further explains handicraft processes andtechnical factors in this book.Through the above research, this article attempts to bring out theoverall appearance of Chinese traditional handmade culture, and to make it clear the relationship ofdevelopment and evolution of the state, motivation and restriction about technology, tools, physicalforms and quality under the historical background of the Ming Dynasty.