Research on the wisdom of Chinese traditional agricultural tools from the perspective of design studies

Abstract

In order to clarify the reasons for the continuity of Chinese traditional design for thousands of years, traditional agricultural tools are used as an example to study the design wisdom contained in Chinese traditional design culture. Re-examining traditional Chinese agricultural tools from the perspective of the unity of technology and art in design science, and comparing traditional agricultural tools in three dimensions of time, region, and culture, such as form, function, craftsmanship, use, aesthetics and other multi-dimensional comparisons, the design process of traditional agricultural tool design is full of modernized design principles, i.e., the traditional agricultural tools are equipped with the design wisdom of the appropriateness of the use and the appropriateness of the human being.