Drilling wood for fire, refers to the hardwood rod against the wood friction or drilling, by friction for fire, this fire method in the rural Shangqiu people are still used 30 years ago.
We know that in ancient times, when there was no fire on the Earth, our ancestors had to eat raw meat and drink raw water. Over time, they discovered and used fire. So how did drilling wood for fire come about? Here I will tell you about it!
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Drilling for fire comes from ancient Chinese myths and legends, and refers to the practice of rubbing or drilling hardwood sticks against wood to make fire by friction. In ancient times, our ancestors inadvertently discovered that fire could be started by rubbing wood against each other, so inspired by this, the Suiren’s struck a stone with a rock and used the resulting sparks to ignite the tinder and create fire.
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This method of lighting fire was still used in rural Shangqiu thirty years ago, and it is said that a saint taught people to use it. Since then, human beings have learned to light fire artificially, bake food, light, heat and smelt with fire, and human life has entered a new stage. People call this saint “Zhenren’s family” and regard him as “the first in san huang”.
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The greatest contribution of the Flint clan to the people was the discovery of drilling wood to make fire, but this Flint clan finally merged with another ethnic group in the Kunlun Mountains to form a clan called the Qiang nationality, which still exists today.
