Standardize Measurement of Ancient China

Standardize Measurement Of Ancient China

When:19/9/2012Name: Jae Hun ChoiMin Kyu Jeon

Qin Shi Huang

Hes name is Qin Shi. He was called himself the First Emperor. He did good things and bad things. His good thing is made a China, made Great wall of China, and he ruled the ancient China. But bad thing is he killed so many people.Now we want to introduce about good thing, that standardize measurement of ancient China.

Measurement..Length 1li () = 500m = 0.311 mile = 0.27 sea mile2 li () = 1 km (1,000 m) = 0.621 mile = 0.54 sea mile 3.219 li () = 1 mile = 1.609 km = 0.868 sea mile 1chi () = 10 chun () = 0.333 m = 1 feet3 chi () = 1 m = 3.281 ft = 1.094 yard0.914 chi () = 0.305 m = 1 ft 1chun () = 3.33 cm = 0.1094 ft

Measureing Instrument Of Ancient China

Measurement..Weight 2000 jin () = 1 ton = 1000 kg 1 jin = 10 Liang () = 0.5 kg = 1.102 pound1 Liang ()= 0.1 () = 50 g = 0.1102 pound 2 jin () = 1 kg = 2.205 pound 0.907 jin () = 0.454 kg = 1 UK poundVolume 1 sheng () = 1 liter = 0.22 UK gallon 4.546 sheng() = 1 UK gallon = 4.546 liter Area & Square Measures1 mu () = 10 fen () = 0.067 hectare = 0.164 acre15 mu () = 1 hectare = 2.47 acre6.07 mu ()= 0.405 hectare = 1 acre

Measureing Instrument Of Ancient China

Measureing Instrument Of Ancient China

Feng Shui ruler

Oldest Extant Astronomical Measuring Instruments

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