简介:ChineseabacushasbeenhailedasthefifthgreatinventionofancientChinaafterthecompass,papermaking,printingandgunpowder.Dr.Tsung-DaoLee,afamousphysicist,oncesaid,Ourforefathershaveinvented,ataveryearlytime,thebestcalculatingmachine-theabacus,whichisstillwidelyusedinthenation.TheZhusuan(AbacusCalculation)MuseumofShanxiMerchantsislocatedinQixianCounty,oneofthehistoricallyculturalcitiesofChina.Astheexhibitsonviewinthemuseumarerichinvarietyandgreatinage,themuseumbecametheonlyoneinChinathatfeaturestheabacusmethodologyofShanximerchants.DuringtheMingandQingperiods(13681911),Shanximerchants,whoinventedafinancialaccounttransferralsystemtoreducethedeliveryofcashfromoneplacetoanother,wererichandinfluentialacrossChina.AndsuanpanorChineseabacusisoneofthenecessitiesintheirpiaohaosorbankingfirms.Hencethesaying“Withtheclackofaabacus,10,000taelsrollin.”So,mostchildrenofthesewealthymerchantslearnedtodobusinessbylearningfirsthowtocalculateonanabacusframe.
简介:算盘是中国文化的一朵奇葩,被誉为中国古代“第五大发明”。算盘不仅作为一种流传千载的算具、一种宝贵文化遗产,传至今日,而且,它形成的一整套独特、简捷、实用的运算体系,在现实经济生活中仍发挥着重要作用。它不仅不会被日益发展的计算机所淘汰,而且还将对计算机的发展辟出意想不到的蹊径。与此同时,它还将融汇于计算机中,获得长足发展。毋庸置疑,中国珠算在人类社会未来发展中,必将放射出新的火花。算盘的故乡在中国,其历史相当久远,我国人民发明利用算盘至少已有3000年左右。太古之时,人类最初用石子、树枝、刻木记事,结绳记数。人类在劳动中创造了工具,生产有了发展,特别是商品