In ancient times, when there was no navigation, how did people find their way?

Chinese culture has continued to this day, and has already derived all kinds of brilliant crystallizations in the long history. The wisdom of the ancients has also been continued through various inventions, such as geodynamic instrument and Sinan, which are all advanced technologies invented by the ancients after thinking about the environment. It can be said that these inventions confirm the concern of the ancients for the surrounding environment, not only to survive on the earth, but also to seek a way to truly sustain civilization and pass on wisdom.

Modern people are very dependent on technology, and some people are even more difficult to move away from technology. The ancients did not rely on navigation, but also had a good way to identify directions.

One of them is to observe the celestial phenomena, we know that the ancients actually knew the secret of the sun rising in the east and setting in the west, which can be known from many fonts, such as the traditional "dong" is the shape of the sun and the grass and trees, and it means east. As for the setting in the direction, in ancient times, it was known as the "four phases", and I believe that most people know that the four divine beasts also correspond to the four directions, southeast, southwest, northeast, and northwest, and the combination of the four phases also forms the gossip. These foundations can show that the ancients had a sense of direction, so how did they discern the direction?

The first is stargazing, the "Book of Songs" has a saying "there is enlightenment in the east, and there is Chang Gung in the west", which corresponds to the fixed shape of the stars in the sky and the direction, so that when you are in a hurry at night, you can help yourself find the right direction through the position of the stars in the sky. With the direction, you can roughly determine where the home is, and there will be no situation where you can't find a home.

Moreover, the use of Sinan, Sinan's discovery is needless to say, this is the manifestation of the wisdom of the ancient people of our country, Sinan's invention is related to the earth's magnetism. There are actually many records about Sinan, which are mentioned in the book "On Balance", which introduces the shape of Sinan. There is even the production of a compass in "Mengxi Writings", which is enough to see that the ancients were already very experienced in using Sinan to guide the direction.

In fact, there is a trick, that is, to look at the map, map mapping is a thing that human beings have been very concerned about since ancient times, and now the world map is magnificent, which allows human beings to intuitively see the whole picture of the earth, which is the credit of map mapping. Of course, modern people can use technology to reveal more details and move maps to the devices they carry with them, while the ancients were a little more cumbersome and would use maps, as evidenced by the Qing Dynasty's "Great Qing Unification Map".

Through these ways, the ancients will have the ability to help themselves guide the way, of course, the scene of asking for directions on the side of the road is not new, I believe that the way along the way for a while, the ancients will also ask the locals, this is naturally also a method. All in all, all kinds of ways that can discern the direction can actually see the wisdom of the ancients.

People invented the compass. It is precisely because of the underdevelopment of science and technology that people will invent the compass to find the direction.

In ancient times, although there was no navigation, they would judge the direction according to natural conditions, such as the shadow of the sun reflecting objects, or the laws of some plant growth.

Ancient people identified the direction, mainly according to the position of the sun to determine their own position, at the same time, the ancient people also made a guide car and a compass, if conditions permitted, travel can be based on this to determine the direction.

What ancient times, the era without smart machines was not a few years ago, and there was no 00s.

Ancient people were smart!

First, it can be distinguished according to the direction of the sun and the moon, and we had a calendar (lunar calendar) as early as in ancient times, which was identified according to the sun and moon.

Second, in general dynasties, there are official roads, and there are official roads after the big cities and the capital. There is an official road, and there is a post station on the official road.

Third, the general road has a guiding stone, the guiding stone is to set up a stone tablet at the three-way intersection, which indicates the direction of each road, the guiding stone is generally donated by the local rich people, and some places such as children are sick, in the past more superstitious, so donate the roadstones, hoping that the child will recover as soon as possible, which is the reason why there are multiple roadstones at the three-way intersection.

Fourth, in that era, if you go far away, ask the local people who run the rivers and lakes, they will compile the names of places along the road into a smooth slip for you to memorize, for example, we go to Jiangxi locally, I am from Hubei, our town is called Jinniu Town, a thousand-year-old town, and the slip is like this, a golden bull Zheshu Mountain, Umeda dry port Saima Bay, sorry, I really only remember these two sentences, I haven't heard anyone mention it for a long time, but, just these two sentences, there are hundreds of kilometers away, so that you won't get lost.

Fifth, there is also a compass that can also be used.

Anyway, the ancients were not as stupid as we think, and some were even smarter than modern people. Therefore, what kind of environment produces what kind of people.

The ancients also relied on the experience of more ancient people.

More ancient people can only be identified by some natural phenomena, the position of celestial bodies, the direction of water flow, the direction of the wind, the distribution of plants, the situation of soil and rocks, etc., in the eyes of experienced ethnic elders, all have a certain directionality. There are also many people who have taken the wrong path and brought the tribe to death, but there is no record. When there were many dead, the road came out.

In fact, knowing the road is the pursuit of human beings since ancient times, and there are too many tragedies in ancient times because of not knowing the road. Li Guang got lost many times, and after the last time he got lost, he committed suicide because he did not want to be humiliated by the sword and pen officials. This can't be blamed on him, it's common to get lost in Mobei.

On land, it is relatively simple, but it is even more difficult on the sea, the sea is vast, the same in all directions, and it is necessary to have a high level of pointing technology to avoid floating and dying on the sea.

Why did the Europeans start the Age of Discovery?

Because they were the most skilled in finding their way, they were the first to sail the open oceans, although they were still extremely dangerous. In addition, it is possible that the Polynesians had the means to sail the oceans, but it is not clear what they did, except that they obtained the crops of the Americas.

In ancient times, there was no navigation, and people did not get lost because there were ancestors who recorded that on the ancient tourism direction identification tools, the compass was often used, that is, Sinan, Sinan car and Sinan fish, etc.

In ancient times, there was no navigation, people did not get lost, this is because the ancient people were very wise, according to the direction of the sun to identify their own direction, ancient tourism to identify the direction of the tool: Sinan is the most primitive compass in our country, can be used to identify the direction, the earliest appeared in the Eastern Han Dynasty in China, after the Sinan fish and Sinan car were also invented, the effect is more obvious, in the Ming Dynasty used "across the ocean" to identify the direction.

Because ancient people also had instruments to guide the way, such as Sinan, and they would ask for directions, as long as they asked someone who was familiar with the terrain, and ancient tourism was generally done by emperors, and civilians generally did not travel.

The direction of the sun, the compass and the compass, which were the most common in ancient times. In modern life, these archaic ways have been replaced by navigation. I have to say that the wisdom of mankind is great.

The wisdom of mankind is infinite, there was no navigation in ancient times, but there were few roads in ancient times, not as accessible as they are now, and there were compasses in ancient times.