In many costume dramas, you can see that some ladies go out in sedan chairs, and the bride gets married in sedan chairs. Sedan chair has a history of more than 4000 years in China, which originated in Xia Dynasty. The sedan chair was carried by people and surrounded by four people. However, in ancient times, sedan chairs were only available to ladies and gentlemen of wealthy families or officials, and ordinary people usually walked.
Carriage appeared in the pre-Qin period. The first carriage was a horse-drawn two-wheeled carriage, and later there was a four-wheeled carriage. The appearance of the carriage greatly improved the speed of travel, but the carriage was bumpy, especially when it encountered some bumpy roads. However, the carriage is still the most common choice because it is more convenient.
Development of transportation mode
The earliest mode of transportation for human beings is walking, which is the most primitive and simple mode of transportation. With the passage of time and the development of cities, people began to use horses as a means of transportation, which is one of the earliest modes of transportation for human beings. However, horses have a short service life and are easily limited by weather and terrain, so people begin to use ships for long-distance transportation.
With the advent of the industrial revolution, people's modes of transportation began to develop rapidly, and the invention of the steam engine made the train the earliest mode of railway transportation. With the invention of the automobile, people gradually began to use self-driving as their short-distance travel mode. The development of driverless technology also makes self-driving cars a hot topic.